Medal Count 2016 Olympics: Twitter Reacts to Thursday's Standings and Results

Simone Biles is the best female gymnast in the world.

That was already the general consensus before the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, but there's absolutely no doubt after her golden performance in the women's individual all-around competition.

The U.S. Olympic Team announced the victory on Twitter:

Biles was so dominant that the Brazilian arena started to sound like an American home crowd. Chants of "USA" broke out, per ESPN's T.J. Quinn:

The Olympic News Service shared some of Biles' thoughts following the competition:

With a fourth straight win in this event, per SportsCenter, the United States now has a full-fledged dynasty on its hands:

The 19-year-old Biles understandably received most of the attention in the building and on Twitter, but that didn't deter American Aly Raisman from getting emotional over her silver medal. USA Gymnastics described her reaction to the medal ceremony via Twitter:

Rhonda Faehn, the senior vice president of USA Gymnastics, caught a picture with the newly minted Raisman:

Alex Morgan of the U.S. women's soccer team was impressed with both Biles and Raisman:

In another powerful moment during the competition, the local fans showed support to one of their own, Rebeca Andrade, after an impressive floor routine. Juliet Macur of the New York Times reacted to the roar of the crowd:

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So great that Brazil's Rebeca Andrade performed well on floor exercise. These Brazilian fans are cheering and chanting like Andrade won gold

— Juliet Macur (@JulietMacur) August 11, 2016"

Over on the field, Fiji's men's rugby team from claimed gold after a 43-7 blowout of Great Britain. The Rio 2016 Twitter account shared immediate reaction:

It was the first Olympic medal for Fiji, according to BBC Sport:

In the pool, Ryan Murphy of the U.S. secured gold in the men's 200-meter backstroke. NBC Olympics dubbed him the "New King of the Backstroke:"

Murphy became the fifth American man to sweep the backstroke at an Olympic Games, per Sports Illustrated's Olympic-focused Twitter account:

In the next final, Michael Phelps picked up the 22nd Olympic gold medal of his career. And the 200-meter individual medley wasn't even close, as evidenced by this picture from NBC Olympics:

His performance was so impressive it had Sports Illustrated's Richard Deitsch thinking 2020:

As for Phelps' longtime rival in this event, Ryan Lochte, a disappointing fifth-place finish was not what he hoped for, per NBC Sports PR:

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“This has been a long journey. I just wish I did a little better.” – Ryan Lochte to Michele Tafoya #Rio2016

— NBC Sports PR (@NBCSportsPR) August 12, 2016"

Lochte also shared his thoughts on Phelps, per USA Today's Nicole Auerbach:

In the last final of the night, The U.S.'s Simone Manuel and Canada's Penny Oleksiak tied for gold in the women's 100-meter freestyle. Sports Illustrated shared the news:

Oleksiak was seventh after the first 50 meters. She mounted a remarkable comeback in the second half of the race, impressing the Toronto Star's Bruce Arthur:

Manuel's teammate Katie Ledecky tweeted her reaction to the race:

To stay up to speed with all the results throughout these games, see the constantly updating medal tracker below:

A full schedule of Thursday's events can be found at NBC Olympics.