Simone Biles admits she had 'something to prove' at the 2024 Paris Olympics after 'twisties' sent her home from Tokyo

Simone Biles was mislaid successful Tokyo, but coming she was very overmuch recovered successful Paris erstwhile she was restored arsenic an Olympic Golden Girl erstwhile more.

After suffering from nan 'twisties' successful Japan, she was backmost to her superb champion arsenic she led Team US to golden connected Tuesday. 

The United States women's gymnastics squad secured golden successful nan squad title present pinch a people of 171.296, blowing nan guidance distant by finishing 5.802 up of 2nd spot Italy. Brazil took bronze.

The US led each nan measurement and ne'er looked for illustration being beaten and arsenic golden was confirmed, shouts of 'USA, USA, filled nan Barcy Arena.

Film head Spike Lee intelligibly agreed that Simone had to person it he waved his fists successful jubilation. Seated adjacent to him were Natalie Portman and erstwhile Olympic champion Serena Williams.

The U.S. recorded nan highest people connected each 4 rotations and returned to Olympic champions. The squad had to settee metallic successful Japan aft Simone withdrew suffering stress.

The Americans antecedently won squad golden astatine nan 2012 and 2016 Olympics and person won each squad World Championship since 2011.

Simone said nan pressures were different tonight, but her acquisition helped her woody pinch it.

'In 2016 we were destined to triumph golden and everybody said we were destined to triumph gold, truthful whenever we went retired location we did our occupation and we did triumph gold.

'We were a small young and naïve truthful it didn't deed nan measurement that it does now. Now that I americium overmuch older and we person truthful overmuch much acquisition and we are retired present really having nosy and enjoying what we are doing.

'So I deliberation it is conscionable different and it is not to opportunity that I wasn't shocked that we won because it was still ace surprising, my first golden badge ever. It was truthful exciting. But I deliberation nan unit was truthful connected for america to triumph golden truthful we did conscionable did what we were expected to do.

'Even going into tonight, we conscionable did what we had to do, but it conscionable felt a small spot different. It was ace exciting, we had nosy retired location and we conscionable did our gymnastics.

Simone added: ‘We're ace excited. We're honored to correspond nan US each clip we get connected a world shape but accomplishing that golden and that extremity was conscionable an astonishing feeling.

‘I deliberation we each had thing to beryllium from Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and coming we did conscionable that.

‘It intends nan world. This was our extremity going in, moreover though we didn't stock it pinch everybody because it's conscionable a individual point that we were moving on. But I deliberation for everybody it's what we came present to do. And we're ace excited to locomotion distant pinch that golden medal.

Joran Chiles said: ‘We each person been putting successful nan activity successful and retired of nan gym. Whether it was intelligence aliases whether it was physical. This squad is conscionable truthful amazing. I'm very proud of them. There's things wrong ourselves that we are going to return attraction of. From location connected we person accomplished awesome things.’

Teammate Sunisa Lee added that among nan first things she did aft golden was secured was to congratulate Simone.

‘I deliberation I speak for everyone erstwhile I opportunity that we're each truthful proud and conscionable truthful happy for Simone. I went to her and said, 'You did it'."

Hezly Riverra who won golden successful her first Olympics said:’It's been specified an astonishing experience. I can't judge I'm here. Winning a golden badge is everything I ever wanted, truthful this is conscionable specified an astonishing experience.

'I‘m truthful excited and happy for this squad because we each came done and pushed and worked hard, mentally and physically to beryllium here.’