PARIS — Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles, and Sunisa Lee spent the night before perhaps the biggest gymnastics meet of their lives restless.
There was a tension in the air. They’d all been in the Olympic spotlight before, experiences that left them with medals but also the kind of scars — be they physical, psychological, or both — that heal but never really go away.
And here they were in Paris, the leaders of a star-laden U.S. team everyone expected to finish atop the medal stand, and something wasn’t right.
In a different time, in a different era, it might have festered. Might have followed them onto the floor at Bercy Arena and into the history books, too.
So the oldest team the U.S. has ever sent to the Olympics, a group that has spent their respective careers breaking barriers about what a female gymnast can and can’t do, what they can and can’t be, did something they never used to do.
Simone Biles is now the most decorated American gymnast in the history of the Olympics.
Biles, along with her teammates, won the gold medal in the women’s gymnastics team final on Tuesday.
It is Biles’ eighth Olympic medal – five of them gold.
SAINT-DENIS, France — Alex Sedrick ran the length of the field, dived in under the posts and then calmly took the conversion, securing a first Olympic rugby sevens medal for the United States with a 14-12, last-minute upset over Australia.
OLYMPIC MEDAL COUNT
The United States leads the way with 26 medals, 4 gold, 11 silver, and 11 bronze, France is second with 19 medals, 6 gold, China has 14 medals, 6 gold, Japan has 13 medals, 7 gold and Great Britain has 13 medals, 4 gold. 3 other countries have 11 medals each.
Today at the Olympics, the U.S.A men’s basketball team plays South Sudan in the group round. The Americans beat South Sudan in an exhibition game last week by 1 point.
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