As fate would have it, Biles was the final gymnast to perform in the last rotation.
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Simone Biles leaves the Rio Olympics with two gold medals and at only 19 years old, this is surely the beginning for her. Biles relishing the victory with her teammates, leaving Rio with that coveted medal and a taste of triumph.
But if Biles can win her final three events over the next few days she should emerge as the star of the Rio Olympics. “You never know the feeling until it hits you”, said Biles, declining to embrace comparisons to Olympic legends such as Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps.
Her remark about her patron saint was part of a list in an August 9 article about Biles posted by the magazine online with the headline, “25 Things You Don’t Know About Me”.
And Simone Manuel, a black American swimmer, just shattered all stereotypes and made a definitive mark in history. She closed out the event with a stunning floor routine that should have been nothing more than a formality, but Biles knew it would be the defining moment of her career so far. Shes certainly proven herself over the past three years that shes the greatest.
I think I was more proud of Aly getting silver than me gold. She showcased her strongest routines, and excelled in her supposedly lesser sequences. Her margin of victory was almost double the largest she’s had in winning the major global all-around competition each year. She is the three-time world all-around champion, 2013-15; three-time world floor champion, 2013-15; two-time world balance beam champion, 2014, 2015; and four-time USA national all-around champion (2013-16).
“It’s one of those skills where either you’re on or you’re injured and it – there’s no way”, Miller said. Even fellow gymnasts are baffled at how she masters the stunts that many are too afraid to even try!
By the time she left the floor after recording the highest score of the night, 15.933, Biles had already achieved sporting immortality by becoming the first woman in 20 years to win back-to-back world and Olympic all around titles.
I dont think I will ever be able to do it, she said. Her gravity-defying routines are so hard that she is predicted to walk away with each and every one of them.
We went from not being allowed in public swimming pools to winning Olympic gold medals.
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So Brestyan asked Raisman whether she wanted to return for Rio because she missed being famous or because she wanted to win the medal she had been denied.
