Rebeca Andrade Wins Vault Silver at 2024 Paris Games to Enter Brazil’s Olympic History Books

2024 Paris GamesRebeca Andrade has earned her place in Brazil Olympics history.

The 25-year-old Brazilian artistic gymnast earned a silver in the women’s gymnastics vault final at the 2024 Paris Games on Saturday to tie the record for the most Olympic medals of any athlete in Brazil history.

Rebeca AndradeTeam USA’s Simone Biles claimed the gold while her compatriot Jade Carey took home the bronze.

Days after facing off against Biles in the women’s gymnastics individual all-around competition, where he won silver, Andrade ended up with an average score of 14.966 after her two vaults,

Biles completed her two vaults with a commanding combined score of 15.300.

Jade ended with 14.466.

Rebeca AndradeWhile Simone reigned as champion in her categories, Andrade has proven she has what it takes to keep up. In fact, Rebeca—who won silver in the vault at the 2020 Tokyo Games, where she became the first South American woman to make it to the podium in the event—is a force to be reckoned with.

“I don’t wanna compete with Rebeca no more—I’m tired,” Simone quipped to reporters after the competition August 1. “She’s way too close.”

Laughing at the friendly competition, she added, “I’ve never had an athlete that close, so it definitely put me on my toes and it brought out the best athlete in myself.”

Rebeca Andrade Wins Vault Gold Medal at World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

Rebeca Andrade has vaulted her way to another world title…

At the the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, the 24-year-old Brazilian gymnast and Olympic gold medalist denied Simone Biles a 22nd world title on Saturday by pulling ahead of the American superstar and winning her second women’s vault title.

Rebeca Andrade,Andrade capitalized after Biles couldn’t control her first vault.

She averaged a 14.750 for the gold with Biles at 14.549. Andrade is the 2020 Tokyo Games champion in the event, and took her first world title in the event in 2021.

Rebeca Andrade,“I’m really happy about this for Brazil, it’s another gold,” Andrade told Olympics.com afterward. “I don’t know if I expected it in my mind, of course, we always try to win, but the principal goal is to do my part.”

2020 Olympic bronze medalist Yeo Seo-jeong claimed her first world medal on the event in third (14.416). The medal is also a first for the Republic of Korea on the event at Worlds.

Andrade is the first Brazilian female gymnast to medal at an Olympic Games, and she is only the second Brazilian woman to win a gold medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

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