Was there really ANY other choice for American flag-bearer at the Rio Olympics Closing Ceremony?!
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Gymnast Simone Biles, victor of four gold medals in her first Olympic Games in Rio, will carry the US flag at the closing ceremony tomorrow, the US Olympic Committee said today.
Biles also said that she and the other members of the Final Five – the nickname for the talented women’s gymnastics team – plan to go on a three-month Tour of Champions, visiting 36 US cities.
“It’s an incredible honor to be selected as the flag bearer by my Team USA teammates”, Biles said in a statement today. Biles may be 4-9, but her strength could rival any of the athletes here at the Olympics.
Aside from dominating gymnastics at the Games, Biles also made headlines when NBC flew her celebrity crush Zac Efron to Rio to meet with the athlete after she racked up her medals.
Her five medals matches marks set by Nastia Liukin in 2008, Shannon Miller in 1992 and Mary Lou Retton in 1984. During the Games, Simone won Gold in Vault, Floor and All-Around, and also took home 1st with the rest of the Final Five in the Team event.
This is hardly the last we will see, or hear, of Simone Biles.
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For her part, Biles said,”Every single day that I’ve had here has been like a dream come true and it just keeps on getting better”.
