Why Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles bowed to Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade – NBC10 Philadelphia

Why Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles bowed to Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade – NBC10 Philadelphia

It wasn’t the result she hoped for, however gymnastics famous person Simone Biles did not look upset after getting beat out by Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade in Bercy Area on Monday on the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

Andrade grew to become the primary gymnast to beat Biles in a ground last in a serious worldwide competitors.

The Brazilian gymnast has confirmed to be a pressure to be reckoned with in the course of the Paris Video games, taking dwelling 4 medals, together with the gold within the ground last — beating out the incomparable Biles, who medaled silver and Chiles, who took dwelling bronze.

Andrade completed first and took dwelling the ground last with a rating of 14.166. This win comes after her profitable silver within the all-around and vault, and bronze within the staff occasion with Brazil.

Through the ladies’s creative gymnastics ground medal ceremony, Biles and Chiles, who had been standing on both aspect of Andrade on their respective podiums, did one thing nobody was anticipating.

The younger ladies bowed right down to Andrade.

Simone Biles (silver), Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade (gold) and Jordan Chiles (bronze) pose in the course of the podium ceremony for the creative gymnastics ladies’s ground train occasion of the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games on the Bercy Area in Paris, on August 5, 2024.
(Picture by Gabriel Bouys/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)

Biles and Chiles mentioned afterward it was a spur-of-the-moment resolution.

“It was simply the correct factor to do,” Biles mentioned.

Andrade mentioned she appreciated the help.

“We will present the Black Energy,” Andrade mentioned after claiming the gold medal.

The trio later posed for selfies on the rostrum.



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Simone Biles of the USA, Rebeca Andrade of Brazil, and Jordan Chiles of the USA with their medals in the course of the ladies’s creative gymnastics ground medal ceremony.

It was Andrade’s first gold on the Paris Video games, after two silvers and a bronze, at all times behind Biles. Till now.

However as everyone knows, Biles has a lot to be glad about. She added 4 new Olympic medals to her assortment along with her performances in Paris.