Current:Home > MySimone Biles wins historic Olympic gold medal in all-around final: Social media reacts -Aspire Financial Strategies
Simone Biles wins historic Olympic gold medal in all-around final: Social media reacts
View
Date:2025-04-17 09:33:35
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! (48431)
Related
- Realtor group picks top 10 housing hot spots for 2025: Did your city make the list?
- The Coast Guard will hear from former OceanGate employees about the Titan implosion
- How Connie Chung launched a generation of Asian American girls named ‘Connie’ — and had no idea
- A Kentucky lawmaker has been critically injured in lawn mower accident
- Will the 'Yellowstone' finale be the last episode? What we know about Season 6, spinoffs
- Henry Winkler and Ron Howard stage 'Happy Days' reunion at Emmys for 50th anniversary
- Who plays on Monday Night Football? Breaking down Week 2 matchup
- After mass shooting, bill would require Army to use state crisis laws to remove weapons
- Travis Hunter, the 2
- Britney Spears Shares Rare Message to Sons Jayden and Sean Federline for Their Birthdays
Ranking
- Which apps offer encrypted messaging? How to switch and what to know after feds’ warning
- Ja'Marr Chase's outburst was ignited by NFL's controversial new hip-drop tackle rule
- Beaches in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia closed to swimmers after medical waste washes ashore
- Kate Spade's Top 100 Under $100: $259 Bag for Just $49 Today Only, Plus Extra 20% Off Select Styles
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Triathlon
- Martin Sheen, more 'West Wing' stars reunite on Oval Office set at Emmys
- Social media is wondering why Emmys left Matthew Perry out of In Memoriam tribute
- Britney Spears Shares Rare Message to Sons Jayden and Sean Federline for Their Birthdays
Recommendation
North Carolina justices rule for restaurants in COVID
Judge finds woman incompetent to stand trial in fatal stabbing of 3-year-old outside supermarket
Taylor Swift's Mom Andrea Swift Shares Sweet Moment with Travis Kelce's Mom
America’s Got Talent Alum Emily Gold Dead at 17
Whoopi Goldberg is delightfully vile as Miss Hannigan in ‘Annie’ stage return
Dick Van Dyke, 98, Misses 2024 Emmys After Being Announced as a Presenter
Texas lawmakers question agency’s ability to oversee $5 billion energy loan program after glitch
Everything to Know About the 2024 Emmys' Biggest Winner Shogun