Simone Biles earned her seventh Olympic gold medal in the women’s vault final at the Paris Games on Saturday.
United States gymnast Simone Biles won her seventh Olympic gold medal, and her third in the Paris games, with a signature performance in the women’s vault final on Saturday.
Biles averaged a score of 15.300 with her Yurchenko double pike. The vault maneuver is so difficult, that no other woman has attempted it. With a strong landing, Biles all but clinched the gold medal in the event, eight years after she won it at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.
Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade won silver in the event. American Jade Carey captured the bronze.
Three years ago, Biles’ future in gymnastics was in question after she was forced to withdraw from the Tokyo Games citing mental health concerns.
Now, she’s once again atop the gymnastics world.
