Rio Olympics Today: Simone Biles Wins Gold in Vault




Simone Biles grabbed her third gold decoration of the Olympics on Sunday by winning the vault rivalry.

Maria Paseka of Russia won silver, and Giulia Steingruber won bronze, turning into the principal Swiss lady to win an Olympic aerobatic decoration.

Every athlete got two vaults, with both checking to the last score. Since the eight gymnasts were for the most part the best on the planet on the device, all performed exceptionally troublesome vaults. A few were attempting vaults with a higher level of trouble than Biles'. In any case, keeping in mind the end goal to beat her, they needed to perform them superbly.

Their dangers did not pay off. The 41-year-old vault authority Oksana Chusovitina, for instance, played out a front handspring onto the vaulting steed and two front somersaults off — the most troublesome vault on the planet. Be that as it may, she fell in performing it and completed seventh.

Going last and pursuing a normal score of 15.253, posted by Paseka, Biles opened with an Amanar, which had gotten comfortable from the group and all-around rivalries. She took off much higher than her rivals, yet her toes were crossed a tad noticeable all around, and she made a little jump back on the arrival.

She scored a 15.9, easily the best stamp by any athlete.

For the second vault, she played out the Cheng: a round-off with a half-turn onto the table and afterward an extended flip forward with one and a half turns off it. Her structure noticeable all around was about great. She scored a 16.033 and won the gold award by a major edge. It was the first-since forever vault gold for the United States.

Biles could likewise win the shaft on Monday and the floor exercise on Tuesday. She prior won the individual all-around rivalry and was a piece of the triumphant American group.

The American Madison Kocian won the silver award in the uneven bars, and on the men's side, Alex Naddour won bronze in the handle horse.

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