Simone Biles returns to the track, wins 2024 Olympic gold medal

Simone Biles made an impressive return at the 2024 Olympics, bringing home the first gold medal for American gymnastics in the women's team event.

The US team won the gold medal in women's team gymnastics at the 2024 Olympics - Photo: REUTERS

The US gymnastics team has returned to the gold medal race at the 2024 Olympics. In the women's team event, "queen" Simone Biles and her teammates have brought home the gold medal in this event for US gymnastics since Rio 2016. In the final of the women's team gymnastics at Paris 2024 in the early morning of July 31 (Vietnam time), the female athletes of the US team competed brilliantly, achieving a total score of 171.296. They far surpassed the Italian team (165.494, second place) and Brazil (164.497, third place) to win the gold medal. This was an emotional victory for the US team. They won the first gold medal since the 2016 Olympics, bringing US gymnastics back to the gold medal race. For Simone Biles personally, she also marked an impressive comeback after the crisis at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Simone Biles (USA) had an excellent performance to help the US team win the gold medal - Photo: REUTERS

At the Olympics in Japan, Simone Biles shocked everyone when she withdrew before the finals of the individual events for “mental health” reasons, despite being able to win at least 3 gold medals. This decision has somewhat caused the decline of American gymnastics at the 2020 Olympics. Since the Olympics in Tokyo, Biles has been determined to train to be able to return at the 2024 Olympics. Things have not been easy for the “gymnastics queen” when she participated in the qualifying round with an injury to her left leg. In the final, the 27-year-old athlete had an excellent floor exercise, scoring 14.666 points, the highest among the athletes participating in this competition. This score helped the US team surpass other teams and return to the No. 1 position in the women's team event. This is Simone Biles' first gold medal at the 2024 Olympics. It is expected that she will continue to “hunt for gold” in the individual events. The 27-year-old has won 38 medals in her career, eight of which came at the Olympics, making her the most decorated American gymnast at the Olympics.

Simone Biles is one of the best gymnasts in the United States. Before competing in the 2024 Olympics, Simone Biles won 4 gold medals at the 2016 Olympics, becoming the most gold medals won by an American gymnast at a single Olympics. In addition, she has won 23 gold medals at the world championships.

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