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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Aug 1, 2024, 08:45 PM Aug 2024

Simone Biles makes history with second all-around Olympic gymnastics title, 8 years after her first [View all]

PARIS (AP) — Simone Biles huddled with Sunisa Lee. She looked to her husband Jonathan Owens in the stands. Lost in the moment. And maybe a touch frantic.

The American gymnastics star knew she was trailing Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade and Algeria’s Kaylia Nemour through two rotations during the Olympic all-around final Thursday.

After a sloppy uneven bars that included a mistake Biles can never remember making in competition, she sat in a chair, closed her eyes, ignored the sea of cameras around her and attempted to refocus.

She and Lee tried to do the math. How bad was it? They weren’t sure. It had been a long time since it was this tight.

https://apnews.com/article/olympics-2024-simone-biles-gymnastics-allaround-ee448ffdf28570d3b99da0fa4cbec640

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