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Simone Biles hits Biles II to win Olympic gold on vault.
Simone Biles sprinted and unleashed her peerless torque, twisting into her explosive Biles II and landing clean to win the women’s vault gold medal at the Paris Olympics on Saturday at Bercy Arena.
The medal was Biles’ seventh gold overall, tying her for the second most in gymnastics history.
“I did a lot of repetitions in the gym, trying to find and work on that landing and it showed tonight,” Biles told NBC. “I’m super exited that I can open it up and land it right.”
Biles could further close in on Soviet Larisa Latynina’s record mark (nine) by the end of the Games. Her seven golds also are tied for the third most ever by a female American Olympian.
Brazilian Rebeca Andrade and American Jade Carey earned respective silver and bronze medals in Saturday’s vault competition.