Simone Biles said her golden badge Olympic triumph successful nan all-around last connected Thursday was her astir stressful - because of nan unit from rival Rebeca Andrade.
After completing a far-from-perfect asymmetric bars routine, Biles looked tense arsenic Brazilian Andrade nailed her routines successful her bright-yellow, sparkling leotard, putting her conscionable 0.166 constituent down Biles up of nan last apparatus.
The 27-year-old Biles still emerged victorious but aft receiving her sixth profession Olympic gold, told reporters that she ne'er wanted to compete pinch Andrade again.
'I don't want to compete pinch Rebeca nary much . I'm tired,' Biles jokingly told reporters.
'She's measurement excessively close. I've ne'er had an jock that adjacent truthful it decidedly put maine connected my toes and it brought up nan champion jock successful myself.
Simone Biles said her golden badge Olympic triumph connected Thursday was nan astir stressful yet
And Biles explained that it was each down to nan unit Rebeca Andrade (left) put connected her
'So I'm excited and proud to compete pinch her but I'm getting uncomfortable guys. I don't for illustration that feeling. I was stressed.'
U.S. teammate and bronze medalist Sunisa Lee agreed, saying: 'I committedness I've ne'er seen you that stressed!'
Andrade, meanwhile, said she was proud to person tally Biles truthful close.
She was filmed by tv cameras pinch a beaming grin arsenic Biles held her last airs to each but complete her golden badge victory, knocking Andrade down to silver.
'I was very proud of her, it was amazing,' Andrade said. 'I was very, very happy.
'Also because I had a very bully competition, and I was proud of myself. So it was a grin of joyousness for her, a grin of joyousness for me, because I did my best.'
But contempt what Biles said Thursday, nan brace will look disconnected again successful Paris.
They will some compete successful nan vault, equilibrium beam and level finals connected Aug. 3 and Aug. 5.