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Olympics: Simone Biles wins gold in vault

With two main goals already accomplished – gold medals in both the team competition and in the individual all-around – Simone Biles turned to the vault to grab more Olympic gold Sunday.

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It’s become clear that American gymnast Simone Biles is just operating on another level.

Biles was the bronze medalist on vault, a downgrade from the silver she’d won the previous two years.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – AUGUST 14: Simone Biles of the United States competes in the Women’s Vault Final on Day 9 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Rio Olympic Arena on August 14, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The American beat world champion Maria Paseka of Russian Federation with a score of 15.966 from her two vaults. Paseka was awarded a 15.253, and Giulia Steingruber of Switzerland received the bronze for her average score of 15.216. But when she launched into the air for a second time, she was foot flawless as she nailed the landing from her Cheng vault, a round off half turn into the table, followed by 1-1/2 twisting front somersault.

Biles erased whatever lingering doubts there were about whether she’s the greatest gymnast of all time Thursday, winning the Olympic all-around title in a rout.

“The Amanar consists of a round-off onto the springboard, back handspring onto the vault table and then a flip with two and a half twists in the straight body position”. The Amanar originally had a D-score of 6.5, but was downgraded to a 6.3 in 2013.

That she did, her smile as bright as the gold eyeliner she wore.

The 2016 Olympics hosts’ also have Arthur Zanetti to support in his quest to defend his London 2012 men’s ring title. What’s considered a good score? Paseka put up a 15.266 on her Cheng compared to Biles’ 16.033.

But a special group of people are truly celebrating their epic wins in the most adorable way ever: black children. She fell on her landing. Simone’s second vault is not only extremely hard, but it requires great form.

To celebrate her wonderful acheivments, Simone posted an illuminated picture of all four medals together with a caption that started off with this: “When God got you, you can lose”.

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“Biles owned the vault”. Video has surfaced showing Douglas barely clapping and looking a little salty as Biles waved to the crowd. Madison Kocian of Dallas won the silver medal in the uneven bars, behind Aliya Mustafina of Russian Federation, and Alex Naddour of Queen Creek, Arizona, got the bronze on pommel horse.

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