“As soon as I landed vault, I was like, ‘Definitely were’ going to do this” : Simone Biles

Simone Biles and Team USA claimed their fourth ever gold in the Women’s Team in Gymnastics at the Summer Games. Simone Biles led her country as they regained their gold medal. This is some redemption for the American gymnast who had to withdraw midway through the finals of the same event in Tokyo.

Simone Biles faced ‘twisties’ at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. To put it into context, twisties is a mental condition when a gymnast feels that they cannot move mid air because of the extreme pressure. The American withdrew from the team event in Tokyo, although they did manage to clinch the silver medal.

She also withdrew from a couple of final events, before coming back a week later to win a bronze medal. However, for Simone Biles and Team USA in Paris, it was a flawless performance.

Simone Biles stated that as soon as she landed the vault, she was confident of winning the gold medal. She now becomes the most decorated American gymnast of all-time, winning eight medals with more events to follow.

“After I finished vault, I was relieved. I was like, ‘Phew!’ because at least no flashbacks or anything. I did feel a lot of relief. As soon as I landed vault, I was like, ‘Definitely were’ going to do this,” she said, as quoted by the Olympic website.

Simon Biles inspires Team USA to reclaim gold medal in team event

Simon Biles stated that the 2024 Paris Olympics gold medal feels pretty special, given the fact that they were not the clear favorites. She believes that in 2016, they were the favorites to win the gold medal, which they eventually did.

The American also stated that in Paris, she is among the more experienced gymnasts, while in Rio, she was relatively a newbie. “I think in 2016, we were destined to win gold, everybody kind of already said we were going to win gold. Now that I’m much older and we have so much more experience, we’re out here really having fun and enjoying what we’re doing,” she said.

“It just felt a little bit different [tonight]. It was super exciting, we had fun, we enjoyed each other’s time out there, and we just did our gymnastics,” she added.

There are also several individual events where Simone Biles will be competing for medals. She will look to end her Olympic campaign with double digit medals, and extend her supremacy as America’s greatest gymnast.

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