Simone Biles Wins Gold Medal During Women's Vault at 2024 Olympics

Simone Biles continues to shine bright in the City of Light.

The U.S. gymnast secured her third gold medal of the 2024 Paris Summer with an electric performance in the women's vault final.

She scored a cumulative score of 15.300, which was 0.334 points ahead of silver medalist Rebeca Andrade of Brazil. The close margin between Biles and Andrade was something that Biles acknowledged following the final.

Biles' finish earned her the seventh gold medal of her Olympic career. Jade Carey of the United States rounded out the podium, capturing bronze. It represents Carey's third career medal and first bronze.

Biles moves into second place all-time for most Olympic gymnastics gold medals, tying Věra Čáslavská, who earned seven while competing for Czechoslovakia in 1960, 1964 and 1968. Larisa Latynina holds the record of nine gold medals, which she earned for the Soviet Union in 1956, 1960 and 1964.

Tying that record is within reach for Biles, as she still has two events remaining at the Paris Olympics. If she can earn gold in both, it will exceed her total of four golds in 2016 and will also put her in a tie with Latynina at nine.

Biles will attempt to add to her historic career on Monday when she competes in the balance beam and floor exercise finals.