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Here Are the Olympic Moments We Won’t Forget

Success and failure. Exhilaration and agony. Gold, silver and bronze.

The Olympics will always turn on who won and who lost, how high and how fast and how far. But they linger in our minds long after they end for moments that might have little to do with the actual competitions.

The Queen

The American gymnasts Simone Biles, left, and Jordan Chiles, right, bending down and outstretching their arms toward Rebeca Andrade of Brazil in praise.
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Jordan Chiles and Simone Biles came up with the plan. They had both wanted to be on the top step of the medal stand after the final event of the women’s gymnastics competition, the floor exercise.