Current:Home > NewsSimone Biles wins historic Olympic gold medal in all-around final: Social media reacts -Thrive Success Strategies
Simone Biles wins historic Olympic gold medal in all-around final: Social media reacts
View
Date:2025-04-18 23:06:47
It came down to the final floor routine for Simone Biles, but her legacy as the greatest American Olympic gymnast has been cemented.
Biles out-dueled Brazil's Rebeca Andrade to capture another gold medal in a closer-than-expected women's all-around competition Thursday at the 2024 Paris Olympics. It's the second gold medal for Biles at these Games after she helped the United States win the team competition earlier this week to give her the most Olympic medals by an American gymnast in history.
In front of another star-studded crowd that included the likes of Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant and Seth Rogen, Biles recovered after a miscue on the uneven bars and captured her second women's all-around Olympic gold medal. She won gold in the all-around competition during the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and now has nine medals over her Olympic career. American teammate Suni Lee, who won the all-around gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after Biles pulled out due to the "twisties," took home the bronze medal.
Given Biles' popularity, and all she went through in Tokyo three years ago, Americans everywhere rejoiced at her return to the top of the Olympic podium. Here’s a sampling of the reaction to Biles’ floor routine and Team USA picking up yet another gold medal in the women’s gymnastics team competition at the Olympics:
ARMOUR COLUMN:Simone Biles' Instagram caption put MyKayla Skinner on blast. And it was deserved
2024 Olympic medals: Who is leading the medal count? Follow along as we track the medals for every sport.
Simone Biles wins all-around gold medal in Paris: Social media reacts
veryGood! (1747)
Related
- Romantasy reigns on spicy BookTok: Recommendations from the internet’s favorite genre
- Madison LeCroy Shares the Item Southern Charm Fans Ask About the Most
- Prosecutors seek from 40 to 50 years in prison for Sam Bankman-Fried for cryptocurrency fraud
- Horoscopes Today, March 15, 2024
- 2 killed, 3 injured in shooting at makeshift club in Houston
- Identity of massive $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot winners revealed in California
- Top remaining NFL free agents: Ranking the 25 best players still available
- New York City won’t offer ‘right to shelter’ to some immigrants in deal with homeless advocates
- Arkansas State Police probe death of woman found after officer
- St. Patrick's Day 2024 parades livestream: Watch celebrations around the US
Ranking
- Alex Murdaugh’s murder appeal cites biased clerk and prejudicial evidence
- Coroner identifies 3 men who were found fatally shot in northwestern Indiana home
- Weekly ski trip turns into overnight ordeal when about 50 women get stranded in bus during snowstorm
- Great Value cashews sold at Walmart stores in 30 states recalled, FDA says
- Brianna LaPaglia Reveals The Meaning Behind Her "Chickenfry" Nickname
- 'Giant hybrid sheep' created on Montana ranch could bring prison time for 80-year-old breeder
- Aaron Donald was a singularly spectacular player. The NFL will never see another like him.
- Authorities are seeking a suspect now identified in a New Mexico state police officer’s killing
Recommendation
Will the 'Yellowstone' finale be the last episode? What we know about Season 6, spinoffs
A Georgia senator was exiled from the GOP caucus. Now Colton Moore is banned from the state House.
Republican lawmakers in Kentucky approve putting a school choice measure on the November ballot
Texas teens need parental consent for birth control, court rules against fed regulations
'Squid Game' without subtitles? Duolingo, Netflix encourage fans to learn Korean
The deceptive math of credit card rewards: Spending for points doesn't always make sense
Mother of boy found dead in suitcase in Indiana arrested in California
Michigan suspends defensive line coach Gregg Scruggs following drunk driving arrest