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Melanie McFarland

American hip-hop wins the Paris Olympics

The Olympic Games in Paris saw a major historical moment this past Monday when U.S. gymnasts Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles joined Brazil's Rebeca Andrade to create the first all-Black gymnastics medalist podium in the event's modern history.

Chiles, who won the bronze medal, and Biles, who took silver, flanked Andrade as she stepped to the gold medalist’s platform, bowing in coordination as she threw both hands in the air. Days after that image whipped around the world, little has bested it in the competition for defining photograph of these Summer Games.

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