13 awe-inspiring photos of Simone Biles during her Olympic all-around gold medal performance
Simone Biles is undeniably the greatest of all time.
With her incredible all-around performance for Team USA gymnastics in Paris on Thursday evening, Biles took home her sixth Olympic gold medal and her ninth medal overall. Biles is now the first gymnast to win two all-around gold medals in 56 years (Czechoslovakia’s Věra Čáslavská did it in 1964 and 1968), and she is the most decorated American gymnast ever.
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Biles earned the top score on three of the four apparatuses with incredible performances on vault, balance beam and floor. Rebeca Andrade of Brazil finished with the silver medal thanks to an outstanding day on vault and uneven bars. Suni Lee, teammate of Biles and the all-around gold medalist from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics finished in the bronze medal spot.
Here are some of the most amazing pictures from Biles’ record-setting night.