Biles’ near flawless beam of 15.300 kept the United States on course for inevitable victory, while Britain remained fifth with one rotation to go and they could not improve. Hey, look, Netherlands is on the vault! They didn’t hop off balance beams.
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The U.S. women’s gymnastics team finally unveiled their nickname after winning gold medal in the team competition.
Despite the milestone, Solo was peppered with jeers from the crowd, which was riled up about her social media posts about the threat of the Zika virus in Brazil. The photographers were all snapping her, the arena’s cameras put her on the Jumbotron.
On uneven bars, the Americans were spectacular. Hernandez, however, has helped to bring artistry and dance back into American gymnastics, to the applause of many.
Maurits Hendriks, head of the Dutch Olympic team in Rio, is quoted on the gymnastics association website as saying “it is terrible for Yuri, but this behavior is unacceptable”. They demand our eyes and our awe, and you should give both to them.
The popular American team, who received a reception almost as loud as any of the home team’s competitors, were heavily favored to dominate these games, going to Rio as one of the biggest stories alongside legendary Olympians Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt competing in their last games. There’s nothing like watching a team event, and watching the Americans win. The gap between that Russian team and the Brazilian team that finished dead last was 4.601 points.
A day after the United States men’s team flopped to fifth, the women put on a show from start to finish, going 12 for 12 on their routines. All three Americans scored over 15 points on the vault performances, with Aly Raisman (15.833) and Simone Biles (15.933) leading the way. And when you’re the best on three different apparatuses, you’re probably going to win the individual all-around gold. And Biles’ Latin-inspired routine obviously incorporated her signature move, The Biles-it was the best floor score of the competition.
A score of 15.800 left her and her team mates, Gabby Douglas, Aly Raisman, Laurie Hernandez and Madison Kocian, whooping with joy.
Though the U.S. has been dominant as of late, the Rio gold marked the first time it has won back-to-back Olympic competitions.
Before her reign, Douglas of Virginia Beach led the team to victory in London, where she was also the all-around champion. They are historically brilliant.
“It’s flawless”, Biles said. Hypothetically, somebody may discover more hard things to do in gymnastics. Impressed by the tiny girl’s explosive power and “air sense”-a gymnast’s catlike ability to stay oriented while flying through the air-Boorman soon became Biles’s personal coach, a position she has held to this day”. They easily surpassed the previous record of 5.066 points, set by the Fierce Five in London. There are specialists in gymnastics, who focus all their talent on excelling in one discipline or technique. She is a child acrobat, delighting her audience and displaying agility that could only end one way: with her on the Olympic stage, bending our minds with physical feats that ought to be impossible. She has said she routinely lights a candle to St. Sebastian, the patron saint of athletes and of Rio, before each meet. In 2010, he was dropped from the Dutch team for the Gymnastics World Championships after he admitted using cocaine. Douglas and Raisman have pulled off the unthinkable feat of maintaining elite all-around status for two Olympic cycles.
Hernandez isn’t far off, and she’s only 16.
Kocian dominated the uneven bars with the highest score of 15.933 while Biles mastered the beam with an impressive 15.300.
Today, she calls her grandparents “mom and dad” and attends church with them when she’s not at a meet.
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The last time a country won back-to-back golds was when Romania accomplished the feat in 2000 and 2004. Watch them with awe.
