Simone Biles won her eighth Olympic medal on Tuesday when Team USA won the Olympic Games. The U. S. won gold in the women’s team final, making Biles, who competed each and every time, the most decorated U. S. Olympic gymnast in the world. history.
Team USA won the gold medal, Biles’ eighth Olympic medal, in the women’s team final with a score of 171. 296, comfortably beating Italy and Brazil.
Biles led the team to its gold medal on Tuesday, competing each and every time and performing her signature Biles II move on vault (a Yurchenko double pike); he did not carry out a new expected movement in the bars that would support the call of him. if he does. Compete with him later in the games.
Before Tuesday’s victory, Biles tied for seven Olympic medals with Shannon Miller, a gymnast who competed in the 1992 and 1996 Olympics, where she was part of the team known as the Magnificent Seven, which became the first gymnastics team United States women’s team to win. gold.
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38. This is the total number of medals – including Olympic and world medals – that Biles has, making her the most decorated gymnast in history.
We estimate that Biles earned $7. 1 million last year, which means she’s tied for 16th place for the highest-paid female athlete. The vast majority of his source of income ($7 million) came from his off-field compensation, while we estimate he earned about $100,000 on the field.
What else does Biles win medals with? He secured a spot in the individual finals in vault, floor and beam after scoring a remarkable 59. 566 in Sunday’s rankings despite a minor calf injury in warm-ups. Biles and teammate Suni Lee will also compete in the singles final on Thursday. .
On Monday, the United States men’s gymnastics team won its first medal since the Beijing Games in 2008, winning bronze. The team had previously won bronze in 2008 and silver in 2004, but has not won a gold medal since 1984.
The U. S. team of Biles, Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and Hezley Rivera were the favorites to win gold in the women’s team final, with Brazil, China and Italy being other contenders for the medal. Biles is also the favorite to win gold in the team final. around, jump, and floor, and Lee is the favorite to win gold on the uneven bars. Biles is the last world champion on the balance beam, however, this time is a wild card this year as Lee, China’s Zhou Yaqin and Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade are also participating.
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