How Team U.S.A. Won the Olympic Women’s Gymnastics Gold1 United States 171.296 2 Italy -5.802 points behind 3 Brazil -6.799The United States took the gold medal in the women’s gymnastics team final at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, beginning with solid vaults from Simone Biles and Jade Carey and ending with a bringing-down-the-house routine by Biles on the floor exercise.
Team Italy took the silver, its first Olympic team medal in women’s gymnastics since 1928.
And despite wobbles on the beam by Brazilians Flavia Saraiva and Rebeca Andrade — both during a skill called a switch ring leap — their team placed third for its first-ever Olympic team medal.
China suffered in the rankings after Zhou Yaqin’s beam routine and Qiu Qiyuan’s bars, expected to be powerhouse events for the country, both included serious mistakes.
VaultHow each team scored on the vaultCarey, who had been expected to compete on both vault and floor when she was named to the Olympic team, ended up competing only on vault on Tuesday after spending much of the past week sick.
Persons:
Simone Biles, Jade Carey, Biles, Simone Biles’s, Joe Ward, Weiyi Cai, Jordan Chiles, Sunisa Lee, Chiles, Cheng, Flavia Saraiva, Rebeca Andrade —, Becky Downie, Zhou, Qiu Qiyuan’s, Carey, Lee, Jeremy White, — Lee, Bedel
Organizations:
United States, Paris Olympics, Italy, Olympic
Locations:
Italy, Brazil, United States, Tokyo, China