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Simone Biles claims second Olympic all-around title in epic showdown

This might not be the last we have seen of superstar gymnast Simone Biles at the Olympics. After taking gold in the women’s vault final at the Olympic Games Paris 2024, the American hinted on Saturday (3 August) that she hasn’t fully closed the door on a fourth Games when the global event heads to Los Angeles in four years time.

“Is this my last… definitely the Yurchenko double pike,” said Biles in response to a question about if the world had seen the finale of her envelope-pushing vaults. “I mean, I kinda nailed that one. So, you know, never say never. The next Olympics is at home. So you just never know.

At 27-year-old, Biles became the oldest Olympic all-around winner in 72 years since Maria Gorokhovskaya, then 30, was golden in the event’s inaugural staging at Helsinki 1952.

With 10 Olympic medals to career so far and the chance to win two more before leaving the French capital, LA2028 would offer Biles a chance to pass swimming great Katie Ledecky as the most medalled U.S. female Olympian. Ledecky currently owns 13 medals.

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