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An emotional Oksana Chusovitina took her final bow as an athlete on the Olympic stage, wiping away tears as competitors, coaches, delegation officials, media & more took to their feet for a standing ovation & roaring round of applause.#tokyo2020 #gymnastics #olympics

📷 FIG pic.twitter.com/7SPIpZfih9

— Inside Gymnastics (@InsideGym) July 25, 2021

Twitter is launching a new GOAT (aka “greatest of all time”) emoji specifically for the 24-year-old Olympian on Wednesday.

The tiny illustrated goat is wearing a red leotard with a gold medal around its neck.

Biles is the first Olympian to receive a custom emoji from Twitter.

It will populate automatically when Twitter users post messages with the hashtags “#SimoneBiles” or “#Simone” throughout the Olympic Games, which kick off Friday and continue through August 8.

People

Relive the AA final in Montreal 1976 on Facebook.

Nadia saved the Games that year.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

A taste of history 45 years later with my first Olympic medal @olympics Montreal 1976

Adding to collection 1976 Montreal Olympic GMC pick up truck limited edition with Montreal logo to celebrate the Anniversary of the First Perfect 10 on July 18 th @Olympics 🙏@bartconner pic.twitter.com/kuwpRWv4Ww

— Nadia Comaneci (@nadiacomaneci10) July 17, 2021

related – Opinion: Nadia Comaneci has ‘perfect’ way to celebrate 45th anniversary of first 10.0

6 legends inducted.

Click PLAY or watch an introduction on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch Sofia Muratova (U.S.S.R) on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch Maria Gorokhovskaya on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch Olga Tass (Hungary) on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch Tamara Manina (U.S.S.R) on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch Margit Korondi (Hungary)  on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch the great Yelena Mukhina on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

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To get a sense of just how impressive this 2021 Hall of Fame class is:

The orange highlighter reflects where they rank on the all time Olympic medals list.

Red dash = gymnasts who have yet to be inducted

Obviously, I’m thrilled that the HoF is fixing its major omissions pic.twitter.com/IqiU8rANHT

— The Medal Count (@TheMedalCount_) July 16, 2021