- USA’s Biles takes glory in the vault for second time
- Rebeca Andrade secures silver medal for Brazil
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At the world championships last year, a few days after her spectacular comeback began with a stellar all-around gold medal, Simone Biles’s first vault final ended with a fall. It was the first time she had performed her Yurchenko double pike in a major final and as she searched for the floor after the vault, her legs crumpled beneath her. Biles finished in second place behind Rebeca Andrade of Brazil.
As the Biles redemption tour continues and the gold medals keep on coming, she reasserted her status as the greatest vaulter of all time, keeping Andrade at bay with another supreme exhibition. Biles finished the vault final with an average score of 15.3points. Andrade averaged 14.966 and Biles’s teammate, Jade Carey, scored 14.466 for bronze.
Written by Tumaini Carayol at Bercy Arena
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/aug/03/simone-biles-wins-seventh-olympic-gold-medal-in-stunning-vault-final under the title “Simone Biles wins seventh Olympic gold medal in stunning vault final”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
