Simone Biles now has more Olympic medals than any American gymnast in history. She wasn’t the only record-setter at this year’s Games. Athletes broke 32 world records in eight sports. Some set Olympic records or records for their country.
One record-breaking athlete is Katie Vincent. She won first place in the women’s 200-meter canoe race. Vincent finished in 44.12 seconds. That’s a new world record. It was also Canada’s first Olympic gold medal in a women’s canoe event. The British women’s cycling team set a new world record too. The team won the women’s team sprint event, in 45.186 seconds. And 14-year-old skateboarder Arisa Trew became Australia’s youngest-ever Olympic gold medalist.
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