Simone Biles fumes over Olympics habit which needs to 'stop' after winning third gymnastics gold medal at Paris 2024

Simone Biles has deed retired astatine reporters covering nan Paris Olympics for quizzing athletes connected what comes adjacent aft they get their hands connected medals.

Biles, who has go nan astir dressed up American gymnast of each clip astatine this summer's Games, captured different golden badge successful nan vault finals connected Saturday.

The 27-year-old had already claimed golden successful nan teams finals and all-around events earlier this week, earlier picking up a 3rd astatine nan play pinch a people of 15.3 crossed her 2 vaults.

Yet aft her latest triumph, Simone took to societal media to definitive her vexation pinch nan statement of questioning reporters are opting for successful Paris.

She wrote connected X: 'you guys really gotta extremity asking athletes what’s adjacent aft they triumph a badge astatine nan Olympics.'

Biles past added successful different post: 'let america soak up nan infinitesimal we’ve worked our full lives for'.

When asked by a instrumentality what does travel adjacent for her aft winning different gold, she replied: 'babysitting nan medal'.

Biles' triumph successful Saturday's vault last handed her nan seventh golden badge of her illustrious Olympics career. 

In beforehand of a star-studded crowd that included character John Travolta, way prima Allyson Felix, artists Pharrell and Flavor Flav, her teammates and her parents, she averaged 15.3 for her signature Yurchenko double pike and Cheng vaults to declare a 2nd golden connected nan arena 8 years aft she trumped successful Rio.

It intends Biles, who is already nan astir dressed up gymnast successful history, is now only nan 2nd female to triumph 2 vault crowns aft Vera Casalavska, of Czechoslovakia (1984 and 1968).

The American has now won 3 golden medals successful Paris, having already secured triumph successful nan squad finals and nan individual all-around competition. Her teammate Jade Carey secured bronze, pinch Brazil's Rebecca Andrade taking nan metallic medal.

Biles now has 10 Olympic medals successful her career, tied for nan 3rd astir by a female gymnast. She besides boosted her badge count astatine awesome world competitions to 40, nan astir by immoderate gymnast.

She will besides person 2 much chances to boost her badge haul successful Paris erstwhile she competes successful nan equilibrium beam and level workout finals connected Monday.