Xinhua News Agency, Paris, August 1 (Reporter Li Dian, Lu Xianting, He Leijing) In the women's all-around gymnastics competition of the Paris Olympics on the 1st, the "Queen of Gymnastics" Biles won the championship with 59.131 points.
On the same day, the atmosphere at the Bercy Stadium in Paris was enthusiastic, and the audience greeted the return of the "queen" of gymnastics with applause and screams again and again, which was her return to the Olympic women's individual all-around competition after eight years. Among all the contestants, the long-lost "Queen of Gymnastics" is undoubtedly the popular king. Whenever she freezes before and at the end of her move, there will be thunderous applause and screams from the audience.
The 27-year-old has five Olympic gold medals, including four gold medals in the women's team, individual all-around, vault and floor exercise at the Rio Olympics, with the individual all-around winning gold by 2.1 points ahead of second-place finishers. However, at the Tokyo Olympics, Biles chose to withdraw due to psychological problems and failed to defend his title. After that, she was away from the ring for a long time, and it was not until August 2023 that she announced her return.
It's been eight years since Biles last competed in the women's all-around final at the Olympics. The previous Biles had almost unparalleled dominance, and people seemed to be accustomed to Biles's "gold medal harvester" state of competition. Today's Biles is slightly slumped compared to 8 years ago, but it is still unbeatable.
In the first vault competition, Biles stood out with a 6.4 difficulty, scoring 15.766 points. However, in the uneven bars, she made a mistake and scored only 13.733 points, and after two rounds, Biles was third. After the balance beam, Biles moved up to first place, but only 0.166 points ahead of second-placed Brazil's Rebecca · Andrade, not enough to secure the gold medal.
In the floor exercise, Andrade scored 14.033 points, the highest score of any competitor in the event at the time.
The eyes of the audience were on Biles, and under the gaze of the audience, Biles withstood the pressure and successfully completed the free exercise, and at the moment when the closing action was frozen, Biles was relieved. The audience once again erupted in thunderous applause and screams, and the scales of victory were already tilting in Biles' favor.
Then the audience fell silent, and while the live music awaited the final result, Biles also tapped the sponge pad with both hands, waiting for his score.
15.066 points! Biles won gold by more than one point, while Andrade and another United States, Sunisa ·, won silver and bronze.
At the moment of the results, Biles ran up to the stage with Sunisa · Lee and waved to the audience. Biles, who was jumping and jumping, was as happy as a child.
After the game, Biles showed everyone the "goat" necklace he wore around his neck through the big screen at the scene. "It's a GOAT, a lot of people call me that, I've been working in this direction, and I also bought a GOAT doll in the hope that I can become this GOAT (Greatest of All Time)."
Prior to the Paris Olympics, Biles had become the most decorated athlete in gymnastics history at the Olympics and World Championships. The women's individual all-around gold medal was her second gold medal at the Games, having led United States to a landslide victory in the women's team two days earlier.
Andrade, who won the women's gymnastics individual all-around silver medal at the Olympics for the second time in a row, also sent his best wishes to Biles. "It's an honour to compete with Biles, I can see how happy she is to be again, she is enjoying it. It's great to see her back in the ring. ”
Biles will also compete in several individual events.