‘I’m wiping away tears,’ say emotional Simone Biles fans as USA gymnast wins another gold with ‘superhuman’ display

TEAM USA superstar Simone Biles has vaulted her way to an emotional third gold medal of the Paris Olympics.

The 27-year-old gymnast saw off the challenge of reigning champion Rebeca Andrade in a fiercely competitive vault final at the Bercy Arena.

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Biles went into the event as the world’s most decorated Olympic gymnast.

She had already secured gold in Paris at the team event and the individual all-around on Friday.

And her latest feat takes her total gold medal tally across three Olympic Games to seven.

Biles opened with a near-flawless vault, securing a remarkable 15.700 with her first attempt.

She immediately lined up for a second go, scoring a similarly impressive 14.900.

“I will never get tired of watching Simone Biles perform,” marveled one fan on X.

“Watching Simone Biles just brought tears to my eyes,” said another.

“Wiping my tears away to tweet: Simone Biles is out of this world and on her way to yet another gold medal,” added a third.

“Simone Biles. Wow. Superhuman,” claimed a fourth.

Biles was joined on the podium by USA teammate Jade Carey.

The 24-year-old finished in the bronze medal position after posting a score of 14.466.

Biles and Carey embraced following the competition, with An Chang-ok missing out in fourth place.

It comes after Biles celebrated with a GOAT necklace following her all-around triumph on Friday.

'Mother hen' Biles

Simone Biles' first coach Aimee Boorman exclusively told The U.S. Sun that she thinks Biles will be spurred by a new role this year.

“Having younger teammates benefits her because she has stepped in as the mother hen figure,” said Aimee.

“And so she has to tell them to stay calm. You’ve got this. You’re prepared. And so as she’s saying it, she’s also hearing it.

“You always have tiny kids that come into the gym, but they’re never ripped like Simone was,” she said.

“I know she was very self-conscious about it growing up. But from a coaching perspective, it was great.

“I didn’t think that Simone would be a multi gold medal athlete straight away.

“But she did stand out because she was very tiny, but very muscular.”

The gymnast had been forced to leave Tokyo 2020 after developing a severe case of the “twisties.”

Paris has been seen as her redemption tour, with the Texas native hitting back at the “haters” after Friday’s victory.

“It’s a little ode… a lot of people love it,” Biles said, with GOAT standing for Greatest of All Time.

“They always call me the GOAT, so I thought it would be really special if I got one made,” she said.

“The haters hate it, but I like that even more. It’s just a special part of me that I have here.

“In the [athletes’] village, I have a stuffed goat.

“Just to get a reminder, like ‘You can go out there, you can do it. You’ve done it before. So let’s go’.”

Biles’ medal heroics have helped boost the USA’s overall medal tally to 60, with the country continuing to surge into second-place for gold medals with 13.

Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce dropped out of tonight’s women’s 100m final, leaving USA’s Sha’Carri Richardson as the favorite, but she was unable to capture gold.

Richardson finished in second place, behind St. Lucia’s Julien Alfred. American Melissa Jefferson finished in third place.

Elsewhere, swimmer Katie Ledecky added another gold to her collection in the women’s 800-meter freestyle with a dominant performance in the pool.

While US gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik is celebrating a bronze in the men’s pommel horse

And Team USA’s basketball team looked in imperious form as Anthony Edwards starred in a 104-83 win over Puerto Rico.

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