{"id":11486,"date":"2016-08-17T10:32:18","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T14:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=11486"},"modified":"2016-08-17T10:32:18","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T14:32:18","slug":"rio-recap-biles-makes-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2016\/08\/rio-recap-biles-makes-history.html","title":{"rendered":"2016 Rio Olympics: Biles Makes History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/files\/2016\/08\/57b35b0a1700009504c738be.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11487\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2016\/08\/57b35b0a1700009504c738be-300x189.jpeg\" alt=\"United States' Simone Biles performs on the floor during the artistic gymnastics women's apparatus final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. (AP Photo\/Dmitri Lovetsky)\" width=\"403\" height=\"254\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Simone Biles is the first U.S. gymnast ever to win four Olympic gold medals.<\/p>\n<p>After winning the team final and individual all-around title last week, Biles won her third gold medal in the vault final on Sunday, making her one of three members of exclusive three-gold club. With the win in her floor final exercise, she set a new record. No woman has done this since Romanian Ecaterina Szabo won four golds in 1984.<\/p>\n<p>BIles had been favored to win five golds at these games, but a slip-up in the balance beam final made it impossible to do so. It\u2019s the end of the Rio ride for her; however this will not be the end of her gymnastics career.<\/p>\n<p>Abbey D\u2019Agostino and Nikki Hamblin made headlines due to their amazing Olympic spirit during the second heat in the women\u2019s 5,000 meter run Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand\u2019s Hamblin tripped and fell on the track during the race, with American D\u2019Agostino then tripping over Hamblin and falling to the ground as well. Hamblin laid there confused until D\u2019Agostino grabbed her shoulder and exclaimed \u201cGet up, get up! We have to finish! This is the Olympic Games. We have to finish this!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two continued to run, and finished last and next to last. They hugged afterwards, and even though they had a poor finish both will advance to the final due to having tripped.<\/p>\n<p>Usain Bolt, the Jamaican sprinter, established himself as a triple-gold medal winner in the 100m on Monday. Bolt cruised through the preliminaries with a time of 20.28 seconds. He will be going for another in the men\u2019s 200m today.<\/p>\n<p>Germany and Sweden battled it out on the soccer field. The world no. 7 Sweden team eliminated host Brazil on penalties, after knocking off world champions USA in a similar fashion in the quarter-final. Sweden plays Germany for gold, and Brazil will meet Canada for bronze.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simone Biles is the first U.S. gymnast ever to win four Olympic gold medals. After winning the team final and individual all-around title last week, Biles won her third gold medal in the vault final on Sunday, making her one of three members of exclusive three-gold club. 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