2016 Rio Olympic Games in Brazil Aug 05-21,2016 - USA's Simone Biles crowned the world's best gymnast by taking gold in the all-round individual finals Thursday Aug 11,2016

Shedding tears of joy, Simone Biles proved on Thursday Aug 11,2016 that she indeed is the world's greatest gymnast after taking home the gold medal for the women’s individual all-around final in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games

The 19-year-old gymnast took center stage alongside her Final Five captain Aly Raisman, who won the silver medal during the highly anticipated competition.

Simone Biles floor routine was polished and perfect, as it sealed the deal for her to take home the gold medal.

 

 

 

The Ohio native scored a 15.933, as Raisman scored a 15.433 for her floor routine. 

Simone Biles won the competition with a 62.198 total score for first place, while Raisman had a 60.098 total for second place. Russia's Aliya Mustafina took home the bronze medal with a total score of 58.665.

 

Simone Biles winning margin for the individual all-around was a huge 2.1 points, which is larger than the margin of victory from 1980 to 2012 Olympics combined.

 

In addition, Simone Biles is now the first woman ever to hold the world and Olympic all-around titles simultaneously

The 19-year-old gymnast (left) took center stage Thursday alongside her Final Five captain Aly Raisman (right), who won the silver medal 

Simone Biles scored highest on three of four rotations -- beam, vault and floor -- to keep on track for a record haul of five gold at one Games with finals on those apparatus to come.

Five golds would see her overtake Soviet gymnast Larissa Latynina (1956), Czech Vera Caslavska (1968) and Romanian Ecaterina Szabo (1984), who have all won four at the same Games.

As well as being the first to win three consecutive all-around world titles last October, she has won more world gold medals -- 10 -- than any other female gymnast in history.

Obscurity to stardom

A second gold in Rio after Tuesday Aug 09,2016's team title has completed the incredible rise in just three years from obscurity to stardom for the 1.45m (4ft 9ins) gymnast who had to overcome early difficulties in her life.

Born in Columbus, Ohio, Biles moved to Texas at the age of three to be brought up along with her younger sister by her maternal grandparents Ron and Nellie Biles.

The couple adopted the children after their mother was struggling with alcohol and drug addiction. Two other siblings were adopted by Ron's sister.

"I saw Martha in the mixed zone," said Biles after her success.

"A few years ago she said something like: 'You are this bouncy kid, I am not sure about you.' But here we are."

Simone Biles' grandparents, who she calls 'Mom' and 'Dad', and siblings were cheering in the stands in Rio as she collected her second gold.