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Just in: Simone Biles wins all-around gold at Olympics with floor routine set to Taylor Swift song
The 2024 Paris Olympics are off to an epic start, and already, Simone Biles is making history. She won her second gold medal in the individual all-around competition, which combines the scores of all four gymnastics events for women: vault, bars, beam, and floor.
On her first apparatus, the vault, Biles performed a Yurchenko double pike, which helped her establish a commanding lead in the competition. She didn’t fall on the uneven bars, but she did lose that early lead. And despite two small wobbles on beam, the gymnast finished off her routine with a great dismount. During her floor routine—which is set to an instrumental version of Taylor Swift’s “…Ready For It?” off of 2017’s Reputation—Biles reminded the world why she is the Greatest of All Time.
The Olympian received a total of 59.131 points in the individual all-around.about her journey back to the mat. “I am doing therapy weekly to keep everything in tune so that I feel comfortable and confident enough to be competing,” she said. “It’s been a crucial part of my training regimen.”