Simone Biles, Jade Carey get gold and bronze in Olympic vault title; Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade wins silver

Simone Biles won her second Olympic vault title after nailing her iconic namesake vault – the “Biles II” — on Saturday in Paris.

Teammate Jade Carey earned the bronze medal while Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade took silver.

Biles, 27, landed the Yurchenko double pike – which is the most difficult in the women’s rulebook – to earn a 15.700. In her second vault, she landed a “Cheng” – a half-turn onto the vaulting table followed by a 1.5 twist into the air – that earned a 14.900. This gave her an average of 15.300 for her two vaults, putting her comfortably in the lead.

The gold medal is Biles’ 10th Olympic medal and seventh gold.

Andrade, who has arguably been Biles’ closest competitor during these Olympic Games, had a 14.966 average between her two vaults to comfortably earn silver. She finished runner-up to Biles in the all-around final on Thursday

Carey, who helped the U.S. win the team all-around gold medal, earned an average of 14.466 for her two vaults – a Cheng and a double-twisting Yurchenko.