Simone Biles makes U.S. Olympic history in Paris, leads in all-time gymnastics medal count

On top of the team gold she helped secure with her floor routine on Tuesday evening in Paris, United States gymnastics star Simone Biles etched herself into the history books for the red, white and blue. With the gold, Biles is the most decorated American gymnast in Olympic history with eight medals.

It was the first team gold medal for the United States since 2016 and the third overall. Biles will also have a chance to add to her medal count at this Olympics, with at least four more events she’s set to compete in over the next week, including the women’s all-around competition.

Any more wins would add to an already illustrious medal lineup:

• Gold in Rio 2016, team
• Gold in Rio 2016, individual all-around
• Gold in Rio 2016, vault
• Gold in Rio 2016, floor exercise
• Gold in Paris 2024, team
• Silver in Tokyo 2020*, team
• Bronze in Rio 2016, balance beam
• Bronze in Tokyo 2020*, balance beam

(*The 2020 Tokyo games were held in 2021, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.)

Right now, Biles could take home her next medal as soon as Thursday, Aug. 1.

Then, she’ll compete in the women’s all-around final (12:15 EST). Two days later, on Saturday, Aug. 3, she’s slated to contend in the vault (10:20 a.m. EST) and will potentially follow that with the uneven bars on Sunday (9:40 a.m. EST), an event she’s currently a reserve for.

On Monday, Aug. 5, Biles will have two more shots at a medal, with the finals in balance beam (6:36 a.m. EST) and floor exercise (8:20 a.m. EST) both scheduled that day.

But at this point, Biles could forego her upcoming competitions and still comfortably walk away as the greatest United States gymnast ever. And that she’s likely to keep pushing for more, though, is probably why she’s got that title in the first place.

Biles helped guide the U.S. to team gold

Biles, Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles and Jade Carey led the United States to the gold medal in the women’s Team Gymnastics final at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris on Tuesday.

Biles clinched the top spot for the United States, performing an incredible floor routine to secure the gold. Biles put up a score of 14.666, to give the US a final team score of 171.296.

Italy finished second with a score of 165.494 to take home the silver medal, while Brazil earned the bronze with a score of 164.497.

The United States started off on the vault on Tuesday, earning a score of 44.110. Biles had the highest vault score at 14.900.

From there, the US went to the bars. The team score on bars was 43.332. It was Lee who led the way on bars, coming in with a score of 14.566.

The beam was the third rotation for the United States. Team USA came in with a score of 41.699 on the beam. Lee once again led the way with a score of 14.600.

Finally, the United States finished with the floor, performing well in its fourth rotation to secure the gold medal.