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Simone Biles all smiles after snatching gold in floor

By Alex Butler
Simone Biles of the United States smiles holding her gold medal after taking first place in the floor exercise at the Olympic Arena of the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 16, 2016. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
1 of 6 | Simone Biles of the United States smiles holding her gold medal after taking first place in the floor exercise at the Olympic Arena of the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 16, 2016. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- She wasn't about to leave Rio de Janeiro wearing a frown and a bronze medal.

No, Simone Biles, widely considered the greatest gymnast of all-time, is too good for that.

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Biles became the first American woman to win four gymnastics gold medals in the same Olympics Tuesday.

Her latest gold came after scoring a 15.966 in the women's floor exercise. Team USA's Aly Raisman scored a 15.500 to win a silver medal in the event and Great Britain's Amy Tinkler won a bronze medal.

"Ready to take the floor one last time with this girl, before closing out our Olympic experience," Biles wrote on a Twitter photo of herself and Raisman before the final.

Biles has a total of five medals in Rio and is tied with Katie Ledecky, behind Michael Phelps as the top medal winners from the United States. For Team USA's updated individual medal tally, visit UPI's live medal count.

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