{"id":2441,"date":"2024-08-03T01:01:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-03T01:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=2441"},"modified":"2024-08-03T01:01:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T01:01:50","slug":"simone-biles-wins-all-around-gold-at-olympics-with-floor-routine-set-to-taylor-swift-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=2441","title":{"rendered":"Simone Biles wins all-around gold at Olympics with floor routine set to Taylor Swift song.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Swift&#8217;s 2017 single &#8220;&#8230;.Ready for It?&#8221; played as the 27-year-old began her routine in Paris.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/simone-biles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Simone Biles<\/a>\u00a0proved she was ready for it when she made history at the 2024 Summer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Olympics<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 with the sounds of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/taylor-swift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Taylor Swift<\/a>\u00a0carrying her to the finish.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old gymnast won all-around gold Thursday night inside Paris&#8217; Bercy Arena, after dazzling audiences with an impeccably executed floor routine that kicked off with an instrumental clip lifted from Swift&#8217;s 2017\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/reputation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Reputation<\/em><\/a>\u00a0single &#8220;&#8230;Ready for It?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Biles&#8217; routine began with production from the single playing overhead, before it transitioned to another tune as she finished the set.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2442\" src=\"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/47-300x200.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/47-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/47-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/47-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/47.webp 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Simone Biles wins all-around gold at Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>NBC<\/p>\n<div id=\"qcmgidgb2\"><\/div>\n<p>In the end, Biles finished with an all-around score of 59.131, finishing ahead of Rebeca Andrade&#8217;s score of 57.932 for Brazil, and fellow American gymnastics teammate Sunisa Lee, who posted 56.465 to take bronze.<\/p>\n<p>Biles has used &#8220;&#8230;.Ready for It?&#8221; in her floor routine for weeks leading up to the Paris Olympics, including in June at the Olympic trials. Swift, who&#8217;s currently performing the final stretch of her massive Eras Tour, even responded to Biles&#8217; usage of the song.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u2026Ready for it?<\/p>\n<p>SIMONE BILES\u2019 FLOOR ROUTINE \ud83e\udd29 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USAGTrials24?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#USAGTrials24<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kUcQsBDqw4\">https:\/\/t.co\/kUcQsBDqw4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBC Olympics &amp; Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCOlympics\/status\/1806861187314794627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Watched this so many times and still unready,&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/taylorswift13\/status\/1807200265864450378?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1807200265864450378%7Ctwgr%5E7b91919f7e2f524b0767b1e9e55eb5ff1cb6f3ca%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Fentertainment%2Fcelebrity-news%2Fsimone-biles-taylor-swift-2024-olympics-nod-1930383\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Swift posted on X<\/a>. &#8220;She\u2019s ready for it tho.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To cap the occasion, Biles wore a silver goat necklace during her performance, referencing the fact that she&#8217;s often referred to as the G.O.A.T. \u2014 the Greatest of All Time \u2014 in the sport.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stop what you\u2019re doing right NOW and watch Simone Biles on floor! \ud83d\udc10 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ParisOlympics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ParisOlympics<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfa NBC and Peacock <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yAKPJ9PVEh\">pic.twitter.com\/yAKPJ9PVEh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBC Olympics &amp; Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCOlympics\/status\/1819077818698826005?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With her latest all-around gold, Biles also became the oldest gymnast to achieve the feat since 1952, when Soviet competitor Maria Gorokhovskaya took gold at age 30.<\/p>\n<p>Biles&#8217; incorporation of Swift into her routine isn&#8217;t the 2024 Summer Olympics&#8217; only moment of pop star energy, as the sporting event kicked off last week with special performances by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/olympics-celine-dion-performance-lady-gaga-8683161\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lady Gaga<\/a>, French-Malian recording artist Aya Nakamura, and global icon\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/celine-dion-music-comeback-olympics-opening-ceremony-8684663\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Celine Dion<\/a>, who made her musical comeback while backdropped by the Eiffel Tower.<\/p>\n<p>Watch a portion of the floor routine that helped Biles win all-around gold at the Paris Olympics in the video above.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swift&#8217;s 2017 single &#8220;&#8230;.Ready for It?&#8221; played as the 27-year-old began her routine in Paris. 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