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‘The Redemption Tour’ Is Over: Simone Biles and Team USA Rectify Past Failures with Gold

The U.S. women’s national ​gymnastics team, led by Simone⁢ Biles, achieved a remarkable victory at the​ 2024 Paris Olympics, decisively winning the gold medal with a total score⁣ of 171.296 points. This victory marks a triumphant return⁣ for Biles and her teammates, including Jade Carey, Jordan ⁣Chiles, Sunisa Lee, and Hezly Rivera, following‌ the setbacks they faced during the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, where Biles withdrew from several events due​ to a mental health issue known⁢ as “the ‍twisties.” Their win this year ⁤is celebrated as part of what the media is calling‌ “The Redemption ⁣Tour,” with Team USA previously having won gold medals at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. The article highlights individual performances by team members, showcasing their excellence in ⁢various routines. Biles, who has faced public scrutiny in ‍the past, has teamed up‍ with Netflix to produce a documentary about her journey, giving this gold medal win a perfect narrative climax.


Simone Biles and the U.S. women’s national gymnastics team are on top of the world — a familiar spot, to say the least.

Biles and teammates Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles, Sunisa Lee and Hezly Rivera took home the gold on Tuesday, capping off a whirlwind comeback that outlets like ESPN and The Associated Press are calling “The Redemption Tour.”

The Americans totaled 171.296 points in the Artistic Gymnastics event, leaving Italy in a distant second place.

Brazil rounded out the top three teams with a bronze medal performance.

Each star for Team USA had a chance to shine.

Here’s a big moment for Biles:

Here’s Chiles on her beam routine:

Here’s Lee on the uneven bars:

This is Carey getting things started for Team USA:

The women’s dominance and ensuing elation is a stark shift from the more morose overtones that surrounded the team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (which actually took place in 2021 due to COVID).

That competition saw Biles infamously withdrawing from various events, leaving her team in the lurch.

It was enough that Biles, one of the most decorated and generally beloved Americans in Olympics history, faced genuine backlash for pulling out.

(Biles cited a bad case of the “twisties” as to why she pulled out.)

The sudden departure of Biles — and the emotional gut-punch that likely followed — played an outsized role in Team USA’s failure to secure gold in the women’s gymnastics event that year.

Team USA earned silver in Tokyo, ending a streak of back-to-back Olympics where it had won gold.

With the win on Tuesday, Team USA has secured a gold medal in 2012, 2016 and, now, 2024.

Biles, for her part, has teamed with Netflix to produce a documentary about this spirited comeback of hers.

And with this gold medal win, she just gave the Netflix filmmakers a perfect ending.






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