Artistic gymnastics at the Paris Olympic Games came to a dramatic end Monday, as Simone Biles won the silver medal in the floor exercise final.
"A couple years ago, I didn't think I'd be back here at an Olympic Games, so competing and then walking away with four medals ...
Naomi Baker / Getty ImagesIn Tuesday’s team event, she officially became the most decorated American gymnast in the history of the Olympic Games, surpassing “Magnificent Seven” member Shannon Miller’s seven-medal record.
An Olympic gold in that event has long eluded her and slipped out of her grasp once again in her third Olympic appearance.
Her all-around win made her the first American and just the third gymnast in history to win the Olympic all-around gold medal more than once.
Persons:
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Organizations:
Paris Olympic, Olympic Games, Games, Paris, Soviet Union, Los Angeles
Locations:
Paris, Tokyo, Tokyo —, American, Rio, Soviet, Czechoslovakia, Atlanta