Simone Biles has shocked onlookers as soon as once more, as Workforce USA grabs the gold within the ultimate spherical of the 2024 Paris Olympics gymnastic group competitors. It is a beautiful comeback second for the G.O.A.T.
How girls’s gymnastics is scored on the Olympics, and the way Simone Biles pushes these boundaries
The ground occasion is routinely Workforce USA’s shining second in world competitors — present group member Sunisa Lee gained the all-around on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics — with Biles’ routine that includes a number of the most tough tumbling passes ever seen in gymnastics historical past.
Biles’ routine units the very best problem scores of anybody else you may see tumbling throughout the mat — and these are already a few of historical past’s biggest gymnasts. Her final move (often the bottom problem rating out of a typical three- or four-pass routine) is scored almost the identical as different gymnasts’ hardest tumbling efforts. It additionally includes a talent named completely after her.
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Workforce USA, at massive, showcases a number of powerhouse routines. Nonetheless, nerves had been excessive throughout the first qualification spherical. Whereas Biles pulled in an enormous 14.6 for her routine on Sunday, teammate and flooring skilled Carey stumbled into a serious fall for the often stable athlete. However within the finals, the whole group was on hearth — and the rostrum appeared nearer than ever for all three flooring rivals.
Biles almost nailed her history-defining passes, hovering by way of the air with just a few wobbles outdoors of bounds. However the minor slip-up was a trivial one: Biles received a 14.666. Lee introduced in a powerful 13.533 herself, and Jordan Chiles — a recognized flooring performer — nabbed a surprising 13.966 as she and her group had been dropped at tears on the mat.