Gymnast unbeatable
Third gold medal for US star Simone Biles
US gymnastics star Simone Biles has won her third gold medal at the Olympic Games in Paris after the team and individual all-around!
The 27-year-old won the vault competition in the Arena Bercy with an average of 15.3 points for two different routines. She laid the foundation for her seventh Olympic victory in total with her "Biles II", the most difficult vault in women's gymnastics, for which she received 15.700 points. The 23-time world champion is the only one to have mastered this vault.
"I couldn't be prouder of myself!"
"I'm extremely happy. All my routines went really well, I couldn't be prouder of myself," said the Texan, who hinted at possibly competing at the 2028 Games in Los Angeles. "Never say never. The next Games are at home, you never know. But I'm getting old." Brazil's Rebeca Andrade, who won the 2021 Tokyo Olympics in Biles' absence due to mental problems, took silver with 14.966 points. Biles' teammate Jade Carey came third with 14.466 points.
On Monday, Biles will have two more opportunities to add to her Olympic medal collection, which now stands at ten. Then the finals on the balance beam and floor are on the agenda. If Biles also wins these two competitions, she will catch up with the most successful gymnast in history, Larissa Latynina (USSR), with nine gold medal titles.
First Olympic gymnastics gold for the Philippines
Also on Saturday, Carlos Edriel Yulo won the first Olympic gymnastics gold for the Philippines. The 24-year-old 2019 world champion took gold on floor with 15 points, just ahead of Tokyo Olympic champion Artem Dolgopyat from Israel, whose routine was scored with 14.966 points.
Britain's Jake Jarman secured bronze with 14.933 points. There was also a first for Ireland: Rhys McClenaghan won gold on the pommel horse, securing Ireland's first ever Olympic medal in gymnastics.
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