Gold for Simone Biles as USA win gymnastics final

Simone BilesImage source, Getty Images
Image caption,

With 38 world and Olympic medals so far, Simone Biles is the most decorated gymnast in history

Simone Biles and her teammates have blown their competition out of the water and taken the gold medal in the women's team gymnastics final.

Team USA finished top of all four disciplines - vault, floor, uneven bars and balance beam.

Italy got the silver medal and Brazil got bronze, the first team medal in their country's history.

Team GB finished in fourth, only 0.234 points behind Brazil.

Media caption,

Watch Simon Biles in Olympic action

Now, all eyes will be on the individual finals:

  • Thursday 1 August: All-around

  • Saturday 3 August: Vault

  • Sunday 4 August: Uneven bars

  • Monday 5 August: Balance beam and Floor

In particular, the world will be watching how Simone Biles does, as she is competing in all of them except uneven bars.

Who is Simone Biles?

Image source, PA Media
Image caption,

Simone Biles and Team USA are back at the top of their game

If you like gymnastics, you'll know the name Simone Biles.

The 27-year-old gymnast from Ohio has had a glittering career, with her first Olympic Games being Rio in 2016.

She's so well-known that she's drawn a huge celebrity crowd in Paris - Ariana Grande, Snoop Dogg and Lady Gaga have all come out to watch her and Team USA.

Some people call her the GOAT - in other words, the Greatest Of All Time.

Media caption,

Simone Biles and Beckie Downie: How gymnasts' resilience inspires fans

But her journey has not been without bumps in the road - at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021, she withdrew from the competition early, then took some time off for her mental health.

But after surging back onto the international scene in 2023 at the World Gymnastics tournament in Antwerp, she's now shown everyone at the Olympics in Paris just why she's the best.

How many medals has Simone Biles won?

Image source, EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock
Image caption,

Last night's gold was Simone Bile's fifth, and her eight Olympic medal overall

There's a reason people call her the GOAT - she's won more medals than any other gymnast that has ever lived.

So far, she's won 8 Olympic medals and 30 World Championship medals.

Simone's also the most decorated US Olympic Gymnast of all time.

With 38 world and Olympic medals so far, Simone Biles is the most decorated gymnast in history.

And there maybe more to come!

Simone Biles has five moves named after her, with one more potentially on the way

Image source, PA Media
Image caption,

Simone is hoping to add one more move to her list

But it's not just the medals she wins that make Simone Biles so good.

In gymnastics, a move gets named after you if you are the first person in the world to perform it successfully, so without any faults.

Simone has not one, but a whopping five moves named after her.

She has two on vault, one on balance beam and two on floor.

Her move on beam is the highest scoring move a person can perform.

And she's hoping to add one more to her already long list - ahead of the Paris Olympics, Simone submitted a move on the uneven bars which, if she lands it in a future competition, will also be given the name Biles.