Simone Biles wins all-around gymnastics title for sixth Olympic gold

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Simone Biles wins all-around gymnastics title for sixth Olympic gold

Biles has said she does not keep count of her statistics; instead saying it is all about going out there and doing what she loves.

It could be said, of course, that with so many records, it actually is genuinely hard to keep track.

This final alone was historic; it was the first time two female Olympic all-around champions had gone head-to-head for a second title, with Biles facing team-mate Lee – the Tokyo 2020 gold medallist.

Despite pulling out of Tokyo 2020 after experiencing the ‘twisties’, Biles was already the most decorated gymnast coming into the Paris Games.

Her tally of world and Olympic medals stood at 37 – and she has now taken that to 39, with chances to add to it in the floor, beam and vault finals in the coming days.

With the team gold on Tuesday that took her to eight Olympic medals, she overtook Shannon Miller as the most decorated ********* Olympic gymnast – and she has now made that nine.

Biles also holds the record for most women’s all-around world titles (six) and most World Championships medals (30).

She had the chance to set another record on Thursday – had she performed a new skill on bars that she had submitted to the International Gymnastics Federation she would have been the only active gymnast to have skills named after her on all four apparatus.

But she did not attempt it – and did not need to since her arsenal of other unique and high-value skills were more than enough to seal the gold.

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