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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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.
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.
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— espnW (@espnW) August 16, 2016
Simone Biles becomes the first American woman to win 4 gymnastics golds at a single Olympics. pic.twitter.com/TZB3WOpd1i
"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.
ready to take the floor one last time with this girl, before closing out our olympic experience ❤️🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/qiE8UqzEpR
— Simone Biles (@Simone_Biles) August 16, 2016