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“I just want to live my life and be at peace. Thanks for the love! definitely needed in this world x.”
The 28-year-old shot to superstardom as part of the 2012 American Olympic gymnastics team, winning the individual all-around gold medal,The Daily Mailreported on Wednesday.
The duo also represent half of the individual all-around gold medals over the last sixOlympics, where an American has won the event dating back to 2004, as perThe Mail.
The athlete responded to a viral TikTok video arguing how people had “fumbled” her
The TikToker further shared: “Like, that’s the reason I wanted to be a gymnast, was, like, you, and I feel like you don’t be getting the credit that you deserve in the world.
“I’m not putting no two people against each other because y’all both great.
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“So Imma see you in 2028, Gabs, at the LA Olympics.”
She also became the first American to win all-around and team golds at the same games,per theOlympics website.
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Meanwhile, Simone won her 11th Olympic medal and seventh gold in Paris on Monday (August 5), leaving her within striking range of Soviet legend Larisa Latynina’s nine golds, the most of any gymnast,NBC Newsreported.
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Simone also made history on Monday as she joinedthe first Olympic all-Black women’s gymnastics podium.
After concluding the women’s floor final, Brazilian Rebeca Andrade who won the gold medal, Simone who won silver, and teammate Jordan Chiles who won bronze posed together in a historic photograph.
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In a 2020 interview withVogue, the athlete revealed: “Growing up, I didn’t see very many Black gymnasts.
“So whenever I did, I felt really inspired to go out there and want to be as good as them.
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