PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 30: Simone Biles of Team United States competes on the uneven bars during the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Team Final on day four of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at the Bercy Arena on July 30, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Tom Weller/VOIGT/GettyImages)
Now, that’s a BRAG! Simone Biles is celebrating incredible news from the Paris Olympics on Tuesday (July 30). She is now the most decorated American Olympic gymnast of all time!
The 27-year-old has a record eight medals after previously being tied with seven-time winner Shannon Miller.
According to NBC News, her performance on the mat on Tuesday marked Team USA’s last chance to earn the gold medal. Her final score for the Artistic Gymantics’s Women’s Team Final came in at 14.666, per the Associated Press, upping the team’s score to 171.296, leaving Italy and Brazil in the dust! This marks America’s third gold in the last four Olympic competitions we’ve participated in.
After Simone Biles left the mat, the giddy team gathered for a photo opp. From left to right below are Jade Carey and Sunisa Lee, Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles, and 16-year-old Hezly Rivera, who youngest athlete repping the U.S. this year.
On Thursday (August 1), Biles will compete in the individual all-around.
Meanwhile, the AP reports that plenty of A-listers witnessed Simone Biles’s new record live and in person! From tennis GOAT Serena Williams to film screen queen Natalie Portman and, of course, her supportive husband and NFL player Jonathan Owens.
TEAM USA made it clear in an X(formerly Twitter) brag post that Ms. Simone Biles is “in a league of her own.”
As mentioned, eight gold medals make Simone Biles the most decorated U.S. Olympic gymnast. But her overall wins in this sport, including those eight, total 38!
We can’t say we’re surprised, but we can say congratulations!
