Rhythmic Gymnastics: Biles' all-around contribution to Team USA's women's team gold medal
Now entering the final round, the United States leads Italy by 3.6 points.
In the competition for silver and bronze medals, the Brazilian team won the championship with vault, a traditional high-scoring event. Rebecca Andrade The huge score of 15.100 didn't hurt her team's chances.
The Brazilian team's final score was 164.497. this means Alice Kinsella A beam of at least 13.885 is required to maintain Great Britain First.
Italian Angela AndreoliMeanwhile, on the field, a 12.836 is needed to stay ahead of Brazil and a point more than Kinsella is needed to avoid being overtaken by Great Britain.
The wait for Kinsella and Andreoli was tense. Kinsella 13.600 – Brazil at least gets a bronze medal!
13.833 Andreoli, Italy wins silver medal! It was their first medal in women's team rhythmic gymnastics since they won silver in 1928.
So the U.S. team finished last, with only one woman left to perform on the field. Simone Biles. There couldn't be a more fitting way to end.
All of her tumbling passes are solid, if not 100 percent. that's enough. There was a standing ovation at Bessie Stadium, American flags flying, and Biles received warm hugs from all his teammates.
When the scores flashed, they jumped for joy and climbed onto the podium to pose for photos.
Italy and Brazil also set out to celebrate. What a wonderful final!
- United States🥇171.268
- Italy 🥈165.494
- Brazil🥉164.497
