The two USA Gymanstics teams come together for a giant group photo during the Order of Ikkos Ceremony at the USA House at Colego Sao Paulo on Wednesday (August 17) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The Final Five — Gabby Douglas, Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, Madison Kocian, Laurie Hernandez — spoke at the ceremony where they also presented medals to their coaches.
Danell Leyva and Alex Naddour also did the same with their coaches, alongside teammates Chris Brooks, Sam Mikulak, and Jacob Dalton after they competed in the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.
You’ll also find pics of Laurie performing in the Gymnastics Gala earlier in the day.
Check out the video below!
Simone Biles gets a cute kiss from Arthur Nory in this new shot, posted to Instagram.
The two Olympians have been flirting non-stop since the start of the games.
“Hey @zacefron I saw her first… She is my girl,” Arthur wrote with the pic he re-posted from Simone, adding, “Proud of you Simone! You are phenomal in whole world and special. You made history. Love u.”
Simone and her Final Five teammates Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas, Madison Kocian and Laurie Hernandez are also featured on cover of the August 29th issue of People mag!
The team open up about their lives, their Olympic training and how they feel now that they’re gold medalists. Pick up a copy on news stands, Friday, August 19th!
Simone is also pictured performing at the Gymnastics Rio Gala during the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics on Wednesday (August 17).
10+ pics inside of Simone Biles…
Zac Efron flashes a peace sign while making an appearance on the Today show on Wednesday (August 17) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The 28-year-old actor was stopping by the show to talk about meeting Simone Biles and the rest of the women’s gymnastics team but also ended up meeting male gymnast Danell Leyva, who won silver on both parallel and horizontal bars.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Zac Efron
After surprising the Final Five the day before, Zac and the team decided that they were going to grab pizza while he was in Rio.
Gymnast Aly Raisman took to her Twitter to follow up on the plans, excitedly writing, “WHEN R WE GOING FOR PIZZA!?!”
Zac quickly replied, “Tomorrow! Dibs on pepperoni ;)”
Zac Efron pulled off the ultimate surprise for Simone Biles and the rest of the Final Five when he showed up at the Rio Olympics after the team’s final competition.
The 28-year-old actor opened up about meeting Simone, Aly Raisman, Gabrielle Douglas, Laurie Hernandez and Madison Kocian while making an appearance on the Today show.
Zac explained that beforehand he was “kind of getting nervous myself, but it ended up being so sweet”
“They won gold medals, they were crushing it the entire Olympics, and I was like hiding in a closet waiting to come in, so I didn’t know what to think,” Zac said, who could be seen tearing up during the medal ceremony before meeting the girls.
He added, “Their story just blew my mind. When I found out Simone and this team were fans, I was like, ‘What kind of guy am I if I don’t show up?’”
Watch the moment the women’s gymnastics team meet Zac below…
Simone Biles and the rest of the women’s gymnastics team are finally done competing at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics and to celebrate their incredible victories they got a special visit from Zac Efron!
The 28-year-old actor came all the way to Rio to surprise Simone, Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas, Madison Kocian and Laurie Hernandez, after hearing about Simone‘s crush on him!
The girls were sure to share tons of photos from the meeting on Twitter and Simone even shared a video getting a kiss on the cheek from Zac!
“he kissed me on the cheek just letting y’all know @ZacEfron,” she wrote, later adding, “proof : had to do a retake bc I thought we were taking a picture then he kissed me instead <3"
Simone later shared another cute photo, saying, ” just call me mrs.efron already!”
Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, Laurie Hernandez, Madison Kocian, and Aly Raisman all sit down for an interview with Good Morning America on Monday (August 15).
The group gave the joint interview and were asked about celebrities they want to meet (Blake Lively, Zac Efron, and more!), and their plans for after the Olympics. The athletes mentioned they want to eat pizza and ice cream, and do some serious binge watching.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics from the Rio Summer Olympics
Watch the entire interview below!
Simone Biles is congratulating her pals Madison Kocian and Arthur Nory!
The 19-year-old Gold medalist took to Instagram to send love after her “boyfriend” Arthur, 22, won bronze in the floor exercise at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.
“congrats, so proud of you @arthurnory,” she captioned a photo, which you can see below.
Simone also sent her U.S.A. teammate Madison some love, writing, “congrats girl on your Olympic Silver Bar Medal so so so proud of you Maddie! love yaaaa you’re the best � I always try to swing like you on bars!”
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