In addition to her team gold and silver from floor, Raisman won an additional silver medal in the individual all-around, increasing her overall medal total after including the ones she won in London during the 2012 Games.
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And her youngest teammate, 16-year-old Laurie Hernandez, posted her own selfie, and a picture of her, Biles and Efron with their fellow gymnasts Aly Rasiman, Gabby Douglas, and Madison Kocian.
US teammate Aly Raisman won her third medal of the Olympics, finishing with silver after a score of 15.500.
China only conceded one set in the third and doubles game, as the pair of Liu and Ding surrendering the third set 11-9 to Solja and another German Chinese Shan Xiaona but came back on court with even firmer hands, wrapping it up 11-6, 11-5, 9-11, 11-7.
Six days on from being pipped to all-around gold by Kohei Uchimura, Oleg Verniaiev claimed gold in the men’s parallel bars final.
It was rewarded with a score which was always going to be enough for the gold as she led a one-two from her nation, with team-mate Raisman finishing second.
“I’m a little bit relieved because it’s been a long journey”, said Biles.
“Especially four being gold, that’s just unheard of – I’m very proud”.
Earlier on Tuesday, long-time icon Ai Fukuhara’s Japanese team beat Singapore 3-1 to clinch the bronze medal. She also earned two silver medals for the women’s 50-meter freestyle and 4×100-meter freestyle relay.
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Verniaiev was the only gymnast to go above the magical 16 mark as he demonstrated composure and strength to become his nation’s first gold medallist at Rio 2016.
