Simone Biles held off Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade for all-around Olympics gymnastics gold. At 27, she’s the oldest Olympic women’s gymnastics champ since 1952.
What to know:
- Biles’ bar routine: In her first big mistake of the Olympics, Biles botched a transition from the upper bar to the lower bar, a miscue that messed with her momentum and forced her to muscle her way back into her routine.
- How scoring works: There are two components to Olympics gymnastics scoring: The difficulty or D-score is what a gymnast does. The execution or E-score is how well they do it. A total of 13.0 or better is solid. A 15 or better and you’re pretty much assured of a gold medal.
- Competition order: Biles, Andrade and Lee — the top three finishers in all-around qualifying — are competing in the same rotation tonight. They started on vault, then went to uneven bars and balance beam. Last up is floor.
Simone’s gold, by the numbers
Some numbers on Simone Biles’ Olympic dominance …
- 6: Her new total of Olympic golds, third-most in women’s gymnastics history. Larisa Latynina of the Soviet Union won nine and Czechoslovakia’s Vera Caslavska won seven.
- 9: Her new total of Olympic medals, the seventh woman with at least that many.
- 34: The number of consecutive all-around competitions at the national and international level she has won, a streak that goes back to 2013.
- $75,000: The number of dollars in bonus money she’s won from the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee so far in these Paris Games. The Americans pay $37,500 for gold medals.
