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Simone Biles wins gold, track and field on the horizon: Olympics update

caption: Simone Biles celebrates after winning the gold medal during the women's artistic gymnastics all-around finals. (Abbie Parr/AP)
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Simone Biles celebrates after winning the gold medal during the women's artistic gymnastics all-around finals. (Abbie Parr/AP)

Simone Biles won the Olympic gold medal in the individual all-around gymnastics Thursday night, while the American women won silver in the 4 by 200 freestyle relay. Highly anticipated track and field events start Friday, with Sha’Carri Richardson easily winning in the first round of the women’s 100m.

NPR All Things Considered host Juana Summers joins us to discuss.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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