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Simone Biles beats out Gabby Douglas, advances to represent Team USA

By Helene Vincent
Aug 8, 2016

The U.S. women’s gymnastic team dominated the qualifying round on day 2 of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

On Sunday night, Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, Aly Raisman, Madison Kocian, and Laurie Hernandez made their country proud, but it was Biles who truly outshone the competition. She posted top scores in three of the four rotations -- floor exercise, vault and balance beam. Biles scored 62.366 to win by more than 1.7 points.

Biles’ vault set her apart from the competition Sunday night, earning her an outstanding score of 16.050.

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