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Simone Biles wins her 3rd gold of the Olympics with the vault named after her
Simone Biles has become the first-ever female gymnast to win six Olympic gold medals. She also won the gold in the individual all-around event and the team event on Wednesday. The 21-year-old, who is from Florida, is also the first American gymnast to win an individual gold medal in four consecutive Olympics.
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The US didn’t win a gold medal in the men’s gymnastics individual all-around
Tim Daggett, who won gold in the 1984 Olympics, has said that US men’s gymnast Paul Nedoroscik’s pommel horse scores are so high that he adds a tremendous amount of potential score. Nedoroscik is a native of Worcester, Massachusetts, and a 2020 grad of Penn State, where he studied electrical engineering and competed in gymnastics…