American Simone Biles held off Brazil's Rebecca Andrade to win gold in the women's gymnastics all-around event at the Paris Olympics.
The entire night was back and forth among the top athletes, including Suni Lee, who won bronze.
Biles got out to an early lead after performing the very difficult Yurchenko double pike on vault and scoring a 15.766. Andrade performed the less difficult Cheng vault but performed it to near perfection, sticking the landing. She scored 15.100.
Andrade flipped the script on the uneven bars, scoring a massive 14.66. Biles scored 13.733 on the same event.
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After two rotations, Biles was in third place, behind Andrade and Kaylia Nemour of Algeria. But Biles reclaimed the lead after a stellar performance on balance beam. She scored 14.566. Andrade, who had a few wobbles on the apparatus, scored a respectable 14.133 but fell to second place.
Going into the final apparatus, floor exercise, Biles was only leading Andrade by about a tenth of a point.
Italy's Alice D'Amato followed in third, while Nemour was tied for fourth with Lee.
After a few mistakes from D'Amato and Nemour, Lee showed off what made her the all-around champion at the 2020 Olympics, jumping past the other two competitors.
Next up was Andrade, who went out of bounds, but otherwise had a solid routing.
Finally, Biles had her moment on her signature event, performing a routine that wowed the crowd, lifting her to gold.
She would go on to win with a score of 59.131. Andrade ended the night with 57.932 points, followed by Lee with a 56.465.
