Simone Biles isn’t the only reigning Olympic champ heading to Paris: Brazilian vault medalist Rebeca Andrade is giving her a run for her money.
is heading back to the Olympics, but she’s not the only one. Also returning? Rebeca Andrade, the Brazilian gymnast who won her country its first two women’s-gymnastics Olympic medals in 2021 after Biles withdrew from several Tokyo events. Though Andrade and Biles have been competing against each other for over a decade, Andrade has just started hitting her stride careerwise while Biles took some much-needed time off for her mental health.
It also made her the first Brazilian female gymnast to medal at an Olympic Games.Last year, Biles continued her comeback tour, taking home her sixth all-around World Artistic Gymnastics gold medal in Antwerp. In second place was Andrade, who also finished right behind Biles on theand won bronze on beam. She managed to narrowly edge Biles out on the vault thanks to a small stumble and aBiles got because her coach was standing on the podium as a safety measure.
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