Simone Biles Had Fans Fired Up After Great Vault to Start of Olympic Team Finals

One of the Paris Olympics' biggest events has kicked off Tuesday, with the women's team gymnastics finals getting underway.
All eyes are on Simone Biles, who is looking to lead Team USA to a gold medal. Biles, the most decorated gymnast of all time, fought through some calf soreness in Sunday's qualifying session but so far that doesn't seem to be too much of a problem for her as she kicked off the finals with a solid vault that had fans fired up.
Check this out, which she scored a 14.90 on:
Just GOAT things. 🐐
— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) July 30, 2024
Simone Biles kicks her day off with a solid vault. #ParisOlympics
📺 NBC and Peacock pic.twitter.com/jcxpj0GuRZ
Fans loved it:
Awesome!
— Ƙ🤦🏼♀️𝑉 (@kris417) July 30, 2024
14.900 for Simone Biles! #Olympic2024 #Olympics https://t.co/xsZMPF6mhw
Let’s goooooo!! 🐐 https://t.co/HCEEut5mNJ
— Sarah Saul (@srsaul04) July 30, 2024
THAT’S OUR GIRL 🤩 https://t.co/2PVP0VoxRQ
— Nico Hischier Captaincy Defender 😈 (@donnaaa) July 30, 2024
She is just fantastic team Simone 👏👏👏👏👏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 https://t.co/UHS6aX9Tjk
— Meche10 🏴☠️ (@Meche0410) July 30, 2024
I just teared up 🥲 greatest gymnast in historyyy is back on her terms! https://t.co/3rG9JIdclm
— Destiny Richards (@DstnyRichardsTV) July 30, 2024

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