Simone Biles put the finishing touches on one of the greatest Olympics by a gymnast, capturing her fourth gold of the games with an electric performance in the floor exercise on Tuesday.
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She is the fifth woman to win four gold at the same Games after Hungarian Agnes Keleti (1956), Soviet Larissa Latynina (1956), Czech Vera Caslavska (1968) and Romanian Ecaterina Szabo (1984).
Then, sitting beside teammate Simone Biles for an interview with Bob Costas, Raisman said again she would consider continuing her career.
But she admitted the kiss, which was retweeted 160,000 times, wasn’t so popular with everyone.
When Zac tweeted his well-wishes ahead of the games, she gushed: “OH MY GOSH I THINK I AM GOING TO PASS OUT OH MY GOSH CRYING!”
One fan asked whether they prefer Efron or gold medals.
The actor felt he had to jump on a jet and fly to Rio to celebrate with gymnast fan Simone Biles and her teammates. There, she trained alongside Alicia Sacramone, of whom she said, “She’s kind of like my older sister”.
That’s when she received this life-size cutout of Efron that she keeps in her bedroom, “sometimes I used to kiss him on the cheek. I’m in awe watching her, and I train with her every day”.
In 2014 she tweeted a picture of herself standing next to the cut-out alongside the caption: “ilysm”.
For Biles it all seems normal.
The team will be joined by 2008 Olympic all-around champion Nastia Liukin and 2012 Olympic team gold-medalist Jordyn Wieber. In addition to her gold medal on floor, she also earned a second silver in the individual all-round.
Raisman and Biles have respectively racked up two of the most impressive resumes in Olympic history.
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“Just surpassing that goal and getting an American record on top of a gold medal is super exciting for me”. We would love to see the video of that as well!
