Team USA successfully defended its gold medal from London in the team competition.
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The United States is in first place with 22 total medals, China is second then comes Russian Federation moving ahead of Japan.
Gabby Douglas (15.766) and Madison Kocian (15.933) were especially strong on the uneven bars in the team’s second rotation and Biles’ 14.800 was the lowest score any of the USA gymnasts would post Tuesday.
Simone Biles, the shortest American Olympian at 4 feet 9 inches tall, led the charge as the US women won gold in the women’s team competition Tuesday.
The Americans’ second straight Olympic team triumph – and third overall – was never in doubt.
The American women have now medaled in the women’s team final at the past seven Olympics. But with a almost 5-point lead over China, it hardly mattered. The best countries will be able to qualify up to two individual gymnasts also through World Cups, Challenge Cups, and Continental Championships.
It marks the start of what could be a gold rush for the 19-year-old Biles, who is bidding to take home five gold medals. When Hernandez was introduced to the crowd, Raisman nudged her and told her to wave, which the 16-year-old did with a toothy smile.
But despite those glitches, the “Final Five” soared so far out of sight of their rivals that the other teams must have felt they needed to board a supersonic jet to catch them.
It was little wonder that her team mates were already hugging and whooping for joy even before she had begun her hip-swinging routine to the beats of Samba music.
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The outcome has been long decided, merely coming down to a matter of how big the margin of victory would be.
