Simone Biles draws star-studded crowd at vault finals including John Travolta, Andy Murray and Pharrell
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A-listers were out in force during the women’s gymnastics vault finals at the Paris Games, where Simone Biles added another gold medal to her collection.
She secured the seventh gold of her historic Olympic career in front of a star-studded crown that included actor John Travolta, track star Allyson Felix, artists Pharrell and Flavor Flav, her teammates and her parents.
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The 27-year-old recorded a score of 15.3 across her two vaults ahead of Brazil’s Rebecca Andrade and teammate, Jade Carey, who secured bronze.
Newly-retired tennis legend Andy Murray was also spotted in the crowd, alongside tennis icon Billie Jean King.
‘Lol Andy Murray eating donut at the Olympics. He is leaning in to retirement already,’ one fan wrote on X, after NBC cameras cut to Murray chomping down on a donut.
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Gymnastics legend Simone Biles secured second vault victory at the Olympics in Paris on Sat.
Tennis legends Andy Murray and Billie Jean King were seen supporting Biles
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Others applauded rapper Flavor Flav for consistently showing up during women’s events.
‘Watching Flavor Flav just absolutely show up and support women’s sports at this Olympics brings my heart so much joy. Not only does he sponsor US Women’s Water Polo, but he’s been all around Paris supporting all the women. He’s a National Treasure,’ one fan wrote after he was seen going wild for Biles.
Meanwhile, viewers took to Twitter to comment on how often the broadcast cut to the Grease actor,
‘John Travolta clapping like the Queen of England for Simone Biles,’ one person wrote.
Another tweeted, ‘The cuts to random celebs watching Simone Biles compete will never not be funny. Like why do they think we want to see John Travolta??’
Grease actor John Travolta was also seen clapping in the crowd during the vault finals
The 27-year-old finished in front of Rebeca Andrade (L) and her US teammate Jade Carey (R)
Biles averaged a score of 15.300 for her signature Yurchenko double pike and Cheng vaults
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Biles is now just the second woman to win two vault crowns after Vera Casalavska of Czechoslovakia.
After securing victory in the team finals and the individual all-around competition, she has earned three gold medals in Paris so far.
Biles now has 10 Olympic medals in her career, tied for the third most by a female gymnast.
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She also boosted her medal count at major international competitions to 40, the most by any gymnast.
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