Simone Biles becomes most decorated U.S. Olympic gymnast, leads Team USA to women’s team gold

Biles, together with Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera, now land themselves within the historical past books as simply the fourth American group to win an Olympic gold medal on this occasion.

Biles mentioned after touchdown her vault – the occasion the place she obtained the ‘twisties’ that pressured her to withdraw from the group ultimate and several other occasions in Tokyo – that she felt a way of reduction. 

“I used to be like, phew, not less than no flashbacks or something,” Biles mentioned. “I did really feel loads of reduction and after I landed vault I used to be like, ‘Oh yeah, we’re undoubtedly going to do that.'” 

Carey, the reigning Olympic champion on ground, opted to not compete the occasion within the group ultimate after a scary fall within the qualifying spherical, stating after the competitors that she wasn’t feeling effectively. 

“This implies all the pieces to me, I am so honored to be on this group and to have been capable of contribute as we speak,” Carey mentioned. “This week hasn’t precisely gone how I needed it to, however I am simply grateful that I used to be capable of compete tonight and get the job completed and do precisely what this group wanted from me.”