Simone Biles, U.S. win women's team gymnastics gold at Olympics - ESPN

PARIS — «The Redemption Tour» ended in a familiar spot for Simone Biles: atop the Olympic podium. Again.

The American gymnastics star and her singular brilliance powered a dominant U.S. women's team in the finals inside a raucous Bercy Arena on Tuesday night.

With Biles at her showstopping best, the Americans' total of 171.296 was well clear of Italy and Brazil and was the exclamation point of a yearlong run in which Biles has cemented her legacy as the greatest ever in her sport and among the best in the history of the Olympics.

The outcome — the Americans on top with the rest of the world looking up — was not in doubt from the moment Jordan Chiles began the night by drilling her double-twisting Yurchenko vault.

By the time Biles, the left calf that bothered the 27-year-old during qualifying heavily taped, stepped onto the floor for the final event — a floor exercise set to music by Taylor Swift and Beyoncé — her fifth Olympic gold medal was well in hand.

She provided the exclamation point anyway, raising a No. 1 in the air and blowing kisses to the crowd after scoring a 14.666 to seal the Americans' third gold in their past four trips to the Games.

All that was left was for the U.S. team to grab an American flag and jump up and down, rushing onto the floor to pose for the fans after winning gold.

The Americans remain peerless when at their best.

And over two hours in front of a crowd that included everyone from tennis great Serena Williams and actor Natalie Portman to Biles' husband, Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens, Biles left little doubt about anything.

Her status as the sport's greatest of all time. Her ability to move past the «twisties» that derailed her in Tokyo. Her spot in the pantheon of the U.S. Olympic