RIO DE JANEIRO_The pent-up emotion was unleashed by Simone Biles and Aly Raisman in their respective floor exercises and they captured the emotion of the crowd at Rio Olympic Arena on Thursday.
Then the Americans captured gold and silver.
Biles, who came to Rio as the most-decorated gymnast of her era, fulfilled her Olympic gold-medal destiny and won women's all-around event. Raisman seized the silver with an emotional floor routine, which left her in tears of joy.
Aliya Mustafina of Russia, a bronze medalist in 2012, took the bronze again. An all-around medal was a longtime goal for the 22-year-old Raisman, who lost out to Mustafina on a tiebreaker in London.
Biles was in second place after the second rotation, took the lead after the third and punctuated the brilliant day with a 15.933 on the floor. Raisman's act _ 15.433 on the floor _ would have been tough for anyone other than Biles to follow.
