Paris Olympics: Simone Biles marks comeback with dazzling performance
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00:00What a dazzling performance from Simone Biles to mark her comeback at the Olympics after suffering a bout of the twisties three years ago in Tokyo.
00:10She shocked the world when she pulled out of the vast majority of her events after losing her bearings whilst in the end deciding not to continue in Tokyo three years ago in the vast majority of her events.
00:23And what a comeback here today at Bercy three years later in Paris.
00:28There were doubts as to whether she would ever compete again at the Olympics and here she is back at her best here in Paris.
00:35And she was cheered on by a crowd all behind her.
00:39A lot of Americans in the crowd and a few stars in the crowd too.
00:43We spotted Tom Cruise and Ariana Grande both cheering the American on.
00:48She was an absolute delight to watch here at Bercy.
00:52Starting with an acrobatic routine on the beam before pulling off one of her five signature skills in an absolutely energetic and wonderful floor routine before going big again,
01:05pulling off her signature Simone Biles two move on the vault before and not deciding she could have performed a six skill that she has apparently under her belt on the on the rings.
01:21But she decided not to pull that one off.
01:23But she had a big smile on her face when she dismounted from that last apparatus.
01:28You can see that it's an absolute pleasure for her to be back here at the Olympics.
01:32Team USA dominating in the all around a team event.
01:37They are top of the leaderboards so far and the four time gold medalist Simone Biles looks on track to get more goals here in Paris.
01:46Just the qualifiers, but she is currently top in the all around with a point score of fifty nine point five six six in the all around.
01:55She's also currently top of the floor exercise and the vault team USA,
02:00obviously hoping in the team event to regain the gold that they lost out on three years ago with her pulling out the team USA having to settle for silver in the end in Tokyo.
02:11The women's team final, Jenny, will be on Tuesday, so lots of anticipation ahead of that one.