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US gymnastics star Simone Biles recovered from a setback and soared to her second gold of the Paris Games and sixth of her Olympic career in the women’s all-around final on Thursday. The 27-year-old became the oldest female to triumph in the event since 1952 as she repeated the gold she picked up in 2016 and missed in Tokyo three years ago amid a difficult campaign. The six golds mean Biles is closing in on Larisa Latynina’s record of nine for the Soviet Union 1956-1964 and is now the American with the most gymnastics golds. She scored 59.131, with Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade taking silver for the…

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