This moment right here may be the moment of the
2024 Paris Olympics.
In case you missed it,
Rebecca Andrade of Brazil shockingly won the gold medal in
the floor finals,
beating Simone Biles by such a slim margin to take
home her first gold medal of the Olympic Games.
Now this is obviously huge for a number of reasons.
One, Simone Biles, who was definitely heavily favored to take
home the gold,
ended up getting the silver.
But Rebecca has truly been one of the stars of
this Olympic Games and she hasn't always gotten the credit
she has deserved.
She came in second to Simone in the all around
final.
She came second to Simone in the vault final,
and they both ended up having falls in the beam
final which caused them to not get on the podium.
And if it wasn't for Simone,
Rebecca would be the clear and.
Best gymnast in the world right now.
But the fact that she has to constantly compete against
Simone has prevented her from getting the world championship medals
and the Olympic gold medals that she definitely deserves to
get. So while I'm sure a lot of American fans,
Simone herself, were disappointed in the fact that she didn't
get the gold medal and that she ended up with
the silver.
The fact that Rebecca of all people,
who has done so much for the sport of gymnastics
in Brazil,
who has worked so hard and who has really been
one of the absolute greatest gymnasts in the world.
For such a long time,
the fact that she gets her gold medal moment at
these Olympic Games is priceless.
She's also been through three ACL injuries in her career,
and the fact that she's still competing at this high
of a level is amazing.
But Simone and Jordan giving Rebecca this incredible moment,
bowing down to her, it's just such a beautiful moment
of sportsmanship,
of camaraderie, of friendship. Like this is what the Olympic
Games is all about.
Just look at them. It's so sweet.