Current:Home > Invest2024 Olympics: Team USA Wins Gold at Women’s Gymnastics Final -Wealth Legacy Solutions
2024 Olympics: Team USA Wins Gold at Women’s Gymnastics Final
Rekubit Exchange View
Date:2025-03-11 04:55:11
The U.S. women's gymnastics team reached new heights at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Simone Biles, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles, Suni Lee and Hezly Rivera officially won gold in the women’s gymnastics team all-around final July 30. (Though Rivera did not compete in the finals after receiving the lowest score for Team USA at the July 28 qualifier, she'll still take home the medal.)
While USA took the top spot, Italy grabbed the silver—the first time they've won a medal in 96 years—and Brazil scored bronze, their first-ever team gymnastics medal.
Brazil's historic medal came after gymnast Flavia Saraiva suffered a scary fall during warmups, slipping off of the uneven bars and kneeing herself in the face, leaving her with a black eye. But Saraiva pushed through any discomfort and helped her team secure third place in the competition.
For Team USA, Biles—who previously struggled with the twisties during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics—and Chiles took part in all four events: vault, uneven bars, floor exercise and balance beam.
The star-studded crowd, which included Jonathan Owens (in a Biles T-shirt), Nicole Kidman, Serena Williams and Natalie Portman, showed Chiles extra love at the start of her beam routine after the 23-year-old lost her balance and landed on the ground. With the audience, including proud parents Gina and Timothy Chiles cheering her on, Chiles quickly recovered and stuck the landing at the end of her performance.
“When a mistake happens, it’s so important to just pick yourself back up and continue the routine as if everything is perfect,” commentator and Olympian Laurie Hernandez said. “The routine score counts no matter what it is. Might as well hit a good one.”
And that she did.
Meanwhile, Lee competed in the uneven bars, balance beam and floor. And Carey also returned to the arena for the vault after suffering a fall during her floor routine at the Women’s Gymnastics Qualifiers July 28.
Following her qualifiers performance, Carey, who previously won a gold medal for her floor routine at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, addressed her tumble on the floor.
"I just have not been feeling well the past few days and haven't been able to eat or anything," she told Olympics.com July 28. "I had, like, no energy today and didn't really have a sense of what was going on in my head."
Amid Carey's health struggle, she received support from fellow Olympian Aly Raisman.
"One of the hardest things about sports is that no matter how much you prepare you," Raisman told Olympics.com, "sometimes the morning that you wake up for a meet, you might not be feeling well. You might be jet lagged, you may not have slept well, and fluke things can happen."
"It's just so devastating to hear that she hasn't been feeling well," the six-time Olympic medalist continued. "I hope that she knows that she did an unbelievable job."
Keep reading to see all the photos of Team USA during the all-around finals...
Jordan Chiles, Hezly Rivera, Simone Biles, Jade Carey and Suni Lee celebrated after winning gold.
Lee shined during her uneven bars routine.
Chiles and Biles enjoyed a sweet moment together during the competition.
Biles soared during the vault competition.
Chiles had the best reaction after finishing her routine on the uneven bars.
After falling during her floor routine at qualifiers, Carey returned to the arena for the team finals, where she dominated the vault competition.
Lee delivered a jaw-dropping floor routine for Team USA.
After completing her incredible floor routine, Chiles broke down in tears.
Biles hit the balance beam in style.
The Olympian's husband Jonathan Owens, who took a break from NFL training camp to fly to Paris, and mom Nellie Biles cheered her on in the crowd.
Watch the 2024 Paris Olympics daily on NBC and Peacock until the summer games end with the Closing Ceremony on Sunday, Aug. 11, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.veryGood! (7551)
Related
- Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow owns a $3 million Batmobile Tumbler
- HCA Healthcare says hackers stole data on 11 million patients
- Can China save its economy - and ours?
- New York’s Right to ‘a Healthful Environment’ Could Be Bad News for Fossil Fuel Interests
- 'Vanderpump Rules' star DJ James Kennedy arrested on domestic violence charges
- Maui Has Begun the Process of Managed Retreat. It Wants Big Oil to Pay the Cost of Sea Level Rise.
- J.Crew’s 50% Off Sale Is Your Chance To Stock Up Your Summer Wardrobe With $10 Tops, $20 Shorts, And More
- Daniel Radcliffe, Jonah Hill and More Famous Dads Celebrating Their First Father's Day in 2023
- Rams vs. 49ers highlights: LA wins rainy defensive struggle in key divisional game
- Amazon loses bid to overturn historic union win at Staten Island warehouse
Ranking
- Military service academies see drop in reported sexual assaults after alarming surge
- Inside Clean Energy: 7 Questions (and Answers) About How Covid-19 is Affecting the Clean Energy Transition
- Warming Trends: Global Warming Means Happier Rattlesnakes, What the Future Holds for Yellowstone and Fire Experts Plead for a Quieter Fourth
- In 2018, the California AG Created an Environmental Justice Bureau. It’s Become a Trendsetter
- Juan Soto to be introduced by Mets at Citi Field after striking record $765 million, 15
- T-Mobile says breach exposed personal data of 37 million customers
- Colorado woman dies after 500-foot fall while climbing at Rocky Mountain National Park
- Why higher winter temperatures are affecting the logging industry
Recommendation
Federal Spending Freeze Could Have Widespread Impact on Environment, Emergency Management
Drier Springs Bring Hotter Summers in the Withering Southwest
If You Hate Camping, These 15 Products Will Make the Experience So Much Easier
Kim Kardashian Reacts to Pregnant Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker’s Baby News
What to know about Tuesday’s US House primaries to replace Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz
Here's what's at stake in Elon Musk's Tesla tweet trial
California’s Almond Trees Rely on Honey Bees and Wild Pollinators, but a Lack of Good Habitat is Making Their Job Harder
Scientists Join Swiss Hunger Strike to Raise Climate Alarm