Their connection began earlier in the Games, when Biles posted a photo of the pair of them, referring to him as her “Brazilian boyfriend”. Biles performed on the floor exercise final to win her last gold medal.
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She said: “It has been incredible – I can’t believe it”.
Biles spoke about her love for Efron on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in July and tweeted her shock at receiving a “good luck” message from the actor following her appearance.
She becomes the fifth woman to win four golds at the same Olympics joining Hungarian Agnes Keleti (1956), Soviet Larissa Latynina (1956), Czech Vera Caslavska (1968) and Romanian Ecaterina Szabo (1984).
She had no shame when she told the Today show that Efron was her longtime crush. She topped qualifying last week and had just completed the most hard part of her routine – a tumbling pass that stretches the length of the 4-inch wide slab of wood – when she missed the landing following her punch front flip. “I was getting nervous myself, but it ended up being so sweet”.
All five gymnasts – Biles, Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas, Laurie Hernandez and Madison Kocian – got hugs from the actor.
NBC claims they’re not actually together, but looks like Arthur might wish they were.
After a week of intense and top-notch athletic performances from the Olympic gymnast, Biles, 19, got a big surprise.
Luckily, she didn’t need to be revived, even though she received a hug and a kiss on the cheek from Efron.
Then, sitting beside teammate Simone Biles for an interview with Bob Costas, Raisman said again she would consider continuing her career.
“Trust me; I’m not insane”, she told Efron.
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If you’ve been watching this year’s Rio Olympics, you have definitely heard Simone Biles and Simone Manuel’s names over and over.
