Rebeca Andrade and Simone Biles Are Each Other’s Biggest Rivals—And Biggest Supporters

After Biles made two errors in her floor routine, Andrade took home the gold for Brazil, while Chiles won silver. | Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated

PARIS — These were Simone Biles’s Olympics, but all week, the person she wanted to talk about was Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade. 

“I don’t want to compete with Rebeca no more!” Biles joked on Thursday. “I’m tired! She’s way too close. I’ve never had an athlete that close, so it definitely put me on my toes and it brought out the best athlete in myself, so I’m excited and proud to compete with her, but uh-uh. I’m getting uncomfortable, guys! I was stressing!”