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I think we all had something to prove from Tokyo and tonight we did just that,
I was thinking hallelujah, no flashbacks, no nothing,
You can definitely tell that she's a different person from Tokyo than she is now,
After I finished vault I was relieved because phew, there were no flashbacks or anything,
Biles told an overflowing press conference I started off with therapy this morning and I told her (the therapist) I was feeling calm and ready. And that’s exactly what happened,
I’m not going to lie; it did cross my mind,
her coach, Cecile Landi said of the eerie repeat of Tokyo I’m really proud of every single one of us in overcoming something before or during this trip to get to where we are today,
Carey agreed ... she said She wanted to rewrite her story again, and I think she had to finish on an good note,
Well, that’s a way better start than three years ago.’
As she came off the vault podium, Landi told her Everything Jordan does she learned from me,
My biggest thing is her safety. I didn’t want to put her out there in a situation where she wasn’t 100% confident that she could do that floor routine, and that’s why we made that decision—for safety.”
In explaining that decision, Chellsie Memmel, the U.S. women’s team technical lead, said ... Memmel We have definitely been through a lot,
said Lee of the journeys that each of them made to be part of the team—Biles in overcoming her Tokyo experience, Lee in recovering from kidney conditions that kept her from training for months, Chiles in building her confidence after almost quitting the sport before being invited by Biles to train with her before the Tokyo Games At the end of the game, honestly, we were winded,
USA guard Hailey Van Lith said I mean, I’ll give my first-born child to ‘Spiff’ [Sedrick],
They shot the ball great tonight,
USA guard Jimmer Fredette said in a postgame interview with NBC’s Mike Tirico We don’t have to be put in the box anymore,
She's the greatest of all greats,
said Chiles, who now has gold to go with the team silver she, Lee and Biles earned in Tokyo, when Biles removed herself from the team final to protect herself I just try and keep everything as we always do and treat it exactly the same way I treat finals in training,
the 28-year-old from Chatham said We did everything we possibly could. We went for broke. To be that close in such a big comp is really hard but hopefully these guys will be back and have more finals to come.”
The British gymnast Becky Downie said We are living in the 21st century where unfortunately there are far more meteorological events that happen which are beyond the control of the organisers,
Aurelie Merle, the Paris 2024 director of sports, replied