Simone Biles and Zac Efron: Who’s the bigger fan of whom?
After defending their team all-around champion title and medaling in every Olympic gymnastics event, the “Final Five” of the USA women’s gymnastics team had more dreams come true Tuesday.
And it turns out all that’s required to turn fantasy into a reality is winning four Olympic gold medals.
Wevers unexpectedly found herself in the limelight as she was congratulated in person afterwards by King Willem-Alexander, and took a phone call from Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
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Since working with Boorman, Biles has been the only American woman to win 14 total world championship medals.
“Everyone would love to have a bronze at an Olympics”.
“We don’t know what’s next”, she said.
Biles, 19, and Manuel, 20, both captivated audiences at the Summer Games as they secured positions on the Olympic podium.
But Biles is also a 19-year-old, who, when not tumbling in the air, enjoys the same pop culture as many other teenagers.
“When I was walking up my legs felt like rocks, but I’ve done floor routines like that before so I wasn’t nervous about it”, said Biles after taking part in her fifth final at Rio with exhausted legs.
All of Simone Biles’ dreams are coming true in Brazil. I don’t even consider myself competing against her.
To do the performance of my life and to do it at an the Olympics is unbelievable. Simone Biles won gold in the women’s floor exercise, while teammate Aly Raisman took the silver.
She becomes the fifth woman, after Ecaterina Szabo, Vera Caslavska, Agnes Keleti and Larisa Latynina, to claim four gymnastics golds in one Games.
“I still have the floor to come”.
“I’m so proud of these girls”, said Karolyi, who is stepping down later this month. Germany’s senior team trounced Brazil 7-1 in the semifinals of the World Cup in Rio two years ago. Devon Allen was the top USA finisher in fifth. Brittney Reese, the defending Olympic champion, will compete in the women’s long jump while 41-year-old Bernard Lagat runs in the first round of the 5,000.
North Korea’s Ri Se-Gwang won the men’s vault with Greece’s Eleftherios Petrounias the rings title. As he and Saroli came to shore, his sons, who sail in the 49er class, jumped into the water to greet them. Verniaiev has won two medals in these Olympics.
Brazil’s celebrated men’s soccer team rolled to a 6-0 win over Honduras in the semifinals Wednesday to earn a spot in the gold medal match.
Japan’s Kenzo Shirai snatched bronze ahead of Romanian veteran Marian Dragulescu.