Simone Biles Wins Gold Medal in Individual All-Around Gymnastics at 2024 Olympics

Simone Biles claimed her second individual all-around Olympic gold medal Thursday at the 2024 Paris Games.

Biles outscored a stacked field including Brazilian vault star Rebeca Andrade and teammate Suni Lee thanks to a score of 15.066 on the floor exercise.

The medal is the sixth gold of Biles' Olympic career, including an individual all-around gold at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.

Biles opened the all-around final by leading the field with a 15.766 on vault after landing her signature Yurchenko double pike.

The higher difficulty level allowed her to score above Andrade, who stuck her own landing to earn a 15.100.

Biles then scored 13.733 on the uneven bars, falling out of the top three after the second rotation following a deduction for bending her knees on the transition from upper to lower bar.

She climbed back to the top of the rankings with a strong beam routine that earned her a score of 14.566.

Biles then shone during the floor routine to secure the win.

Andrade earned silver, while Lee claimed bronze after a strong floor routine.

Biles is the first woman to win multiple individual all-around finals since Věra Čáslavská won a second title in 1968. She is also the first to achieve the feat eight years apart.

The win marks Biles' first individual gold since the 2016 Rio Games, and the comeback further establishes her position as the most decorated American gymnast of all time. Her nine total medals beat out Shannon Miller's seven for the most in U.S. Olympic gymnastics history.