What does the most decorated American gymnast in Olympics history do after clinching her record-breaking eighth career medal? Make a TikTok, apparently.
Simone Biles left her mark in the women’s gymnastics team final on Tuesday while leading Team USA to its fourth team gold medal in program history and extending the U.S. women’s 32-year Olympic medal streak. Biles had some help from an uber-talented roster that included Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles and Jade Carey, each of whom dazzled in her own unique way across the rotation.
Lee’s balance beam routine was arguably the most mesmerizing of the afternoon, while Biles flirted with danger in an insanely difficult floor routine featuring the music of Taylor Swift along with her two eponymous skills.
Team USA pulled out to a dominant lead after the vault event and never looked back, finishing with 171.296 points, which was over five points ahead of second-place Italy and third-place Brazil.
Seconds after Team USA clinched Olympic gold, Biles and Lee could be heard excitedly discussing plans to make TikToks to showcase their respective medals.
Loved this on the broadcast, where Suni Lee and Simone Biles talk about their plans for TikTok after the team dominates to win gold pic.twitter.com/ft1guXYpVD
— EG Chris DeAppolonio (@deapps) July 30, 2024
Fans—especially those of the Gen Z crowd—loved it.
Suni Lee and Simone Biles are clearly overheard planning their victory tiktoks on the peacock stream
— Claire Watkins (@ScoutRipley) July 30, 2024
The NBC broadcast just caught live sound of Suni Lee and Simone Biles discussing what TikTok they want to make after winning Olympic gold and it was awesome
— Ella Brockway (@ellabrockway) July 30, 2024
Simone and Suni 3 mins after winning gold: WANNA MAKE A TIKTOK?!
— claire rogers (@kclairerogers) July 30, 2024
Incredible
SUNI AND SIMONE ARE PLANNING THEIR TIKTOKS. THEY JUST WON GOLD 38 SECONDS AGO. HAHAHAHA
— whitney medworth (@its_whitney) July 30, 2024
Simone and Suni immediately discussing tik toks they want to make after winning a team medal by 6 points. Icons
— Han | US MAG Podium Era (@tkatchevtimes) July 30, 2024
Biles was previously tied with “Magnificent Seven” U.S. gymnast Shannon Miller at seven Olympic medals. She could find herself on the podium a few more times in Paris this week, as she’ll be competing in the individual all-around, vault, beam and floor finals.
This article was originally published on www.si.com as Simone Biles, Suni Lee Bonded Over Making TikToks Seconds After Clinching Olympic Gold.
