--- title: Rio 2016 Olympics: USA Women's Gymnastics Has Celeb BFFs description: The gold-medal-winning 'Final Five' is very popular, getting shoutouts from everyone from Zac Efron to Sen. 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The final five gymnasts showed their dominance in every category!_  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 10, 2016 3:38 PM UTC The final five gymnasts showed their dominance in every category!  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 10, 2016 3:38 PM UTC When you’re [the best in the world](http://time.com/4445766/rio-2016-olympics-womens-gymnastics-usa-wins-team-final/?iid=sr-link3), people notice. Even big-time celebrities. So when the Team USA women’s gymnastics squad — made up of Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas, Simone Biles, Laurie Hernandez and Madison Kocian, and henceforth known as the “Final Five” — [handily secured their team gold](http://time.com/4443386/rio-2016-olympics-simone-biles-gabby-douglas/?iid=sr-link2) on Tuesday with a series of flawless performances, they started receiving a whole lot of love from some pretty famous names via Twitter. They’ve been quick to respond to many of these stars, too, inviting them to hang out, [asking to party together](https://twitter.com/Simone%5FBiles/status/762771659149471744) and [building the groundwork](https://twitter.com/Simone%5FBiles/status/762502520229007360) for some very high-wattage friendships. (But even Simone Biles got [a little starstruck](https://twitter.com/Simone%5FBiles/status/762803999389151233) by Zac Efron — proving that the champion still is human after all.) There were shout-outs from the Hollywood stars, pop-culture celebrities and American legends: > [](https://twitter.com/ZacEfron/status/763241965764829185) > [](https://twitter.com/CSiriano/status/763225299945418752) > [](https://twitter.com/ElizabethBanks/status/763132505738317824) > [](https://twitter.com/TheRealBuzz/status/763130533723254784) > [](https://twitter.com/AustinMahone/status/762809499489034240) > [](https://twitter.com/karliekloss/status/763170683719340032) > [](https://twitter.com/SamuelLJackson/status/763171558550405120) > [](https://twitter.com/Lesdoggg/status/763221414002434050) > [](https://twitter.com/PTXofficial/status/762797351903694848) > [](https://twitter.com/JakeTAustin/status/763180291527675904) TV and social media personalities and newscasters added to the mix: > [](https://twitter.com/KimKardashian/status/762498517550051330) > [](https://twitter.com/RyanSeacrest/status/763135159491108864) > [](https://twitter.com/katiecouric/status/763139385969762304) > [](https://twitter.com/LoganPaul/status/763102515353178112) And, of course, their fellow athletes, both those watching from home and those also competing at the Olympics: > [](https://twitter.com/AaronRodgers12/status/763211006134943750) > [](https://twitter.com/kerrileewalsh/status/763138464783167488) > [](https://twitter.com/Nathangadrian/status/763236175385473024) > [](https://twitter.com/allysonfelix/status/763146160630472705) > [](https://twitter.com/SamuelMikulak/status/763128210204692480) > [](https://twitter.com/alexmorgan13/status/763183698631983104) Including their fellow gold-medal gymnasts from 2012’s team competition… > [](https://twitter.com/McKaylaMaroney/status/763144348968087552) > [](https://twitter.com/jordyn%5Fwieber/status/763122994059235328) … and Nastia Liukin, Shawn Johnson East and Kerri Strug, the wunderkinds of 2008 and 1996. > [](https://twitter.com/NastiaLiukin/status/763122903177129984) > [](https://twitter.com/ShawnJohnson/status/763135059226464256) > [](https://twitter.com/kerristrug96/status/763125837247893505) Even politicians gave them their regards. Like Sen. Tim Kaine, the Democratic vice presidential nominee. > [](https://twitter.com/timkaine/status/763219403982901249) Looks like the Final Five are going to have no shortage of famous friends in high places when they get back to the U.S. ## Transcript [00:00] The final five, Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, Ally [00:03] Raisman, Lourie Hernandez and Madison Kochen [00:05] showed their dominance in every category Tuesday [00:07] afternoon. Walking away with gold medals after [00:10] winning by more than eight points. The Russian [00:12] Federation took silver and China won Bronze. The first [00:15] rotation was vault, where Biles, Hernandez and [00:18] Raisman each posted scores above 15, with Biles [00:21] scoring the highest at 15. 933. Now during the second [00:25] rotation, which was the uneven bars, Biles, Douglas [00:28] and Kocian performed very strongly, but they were [00:30] lead by Kocian's 15. 933. And then came the balance [00:34] beam, which was just as strong as the other rotations. [00:38] With [ UNKNOWN ], Biles, and Hernandez all scoring [00:40] well, [ UNKNOWN ] began with a 15 followed by [00:42] Hernandez at 15. 233 and Biles topping it off at [00:48] 15. 3. In the final rotation before locking in the gold [00:51] was the floor exercise but the team was already ahead [00:53] by five points. And they went on to extend that lead [00:56] with three more amazing performances from [00:59] Hernandez, Raisman, and then Biles finishing the [01:01] afternoon with a 15. 800. After the big win, [01:05] rock star gymnast Simone Biles hopped on Twitter [01:07] saying dreams do come true. 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