US Women Gymnastics Team Wins Gold At Olympics

July 30, 2024 Sports, United States

Yahoo Sports reports:

The United States’ women’s gymnastics team dominated, winning gold in team competition here with a score of 171.296, a full 5.802 ahead of second-place Italy. Brazil took bronze.

It returned Olympic champion status to the U.S. after it slipped to silver in Tokyo when star Simone Biles had to withdraw after a single vault. The Russians won then, but weren’t here this time, essentially banned due its country’s military action in Ukraine.

Quite perfectly, it ended with Biles delivering a rousing 14.666 on floor, her most electrifying event in front of a hyped and packed Bercy Arena. They — Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee, Jade Cary and Jordan Chiles — did it as a team of 20-somethings, a rarity in a sport that tends to favor the springing tendons of youth.

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The cult has long attacked Biles as a “crybaby” (and worse) for temporarily withdrawing from competition due to her mental health after the Tokyo Olympics.



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