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Simone Biles, Katie Ledecky Break American Olympic Records
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On Thursday, gymnast Simone Biles and swimmer Katie Ledecky made history in their medal-winning performances. See the Team USA Olympic records that Biles and Ledecky broke below.
Simone Biles Wins Gold In All-Around Final
SHE'S DONE IT! 🐐@Simone_Biles becomes the first Woman to win two Olympic All-Around Titles since Vera Caslavska in 1964 and 1968! pic.twitter.com/NzjVWSdoSB
— USA Gymnastics (@USAGym) August 1, 2024
The redemption tour is complete.
Biles captured the gold medal in the Olympic All-Around Final on Thursday. Biles scored 59.131, just over a point better than Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade at 57.932.
This was the smallest margin of victory in a major international event since Biles won her third world championship in 2015.
Biles becomes the first American to win two Olympic All-Around titles. She s Larisa Latynina of the Soviet Union (1956, 1960) and Vera Caslavska of Czechoslovakia (1964, 1968) as the only women with Olympic All-Around gold medals.
With nine total medals, Biles is the most decorated American gymnast of all time. Biles will have a chance to win more medals in three event finals later this week.
Katie Ledecky Becomes Team USA’s Most Decorated Female Olympian
HISTORY FOR KATIE LEDECKY 🐐
MOST MEDALS EVER BY AN AMERICAN WOMAN OLYMPIAN 👏 pic.twitter.com/iGScWWCJxE
— ESPN (@espn) August 1, 2024
After Thursday, no one female in American history has more Olympic medals than Ledecky.
Ledecky and her American teammates won the silver medal in Thursday’s 4×200-meter relay.
This marks the 13th medal of Ledecky’s career, making her the most decorated American female Olympian of all time.
Ledecky’s medal total: eight golds, four silvers, and one bronze. Ledecky is one gold shy of tying Latynina (9) for the most ever.
The 27-year-old swimmer from Stanford now has the most Olympic medals for any woman in swimming history, regardless of country. Only Michael Phelps (28) has more medals in swimming.
