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Wednesday Afterschool Special: Finishing Strong

Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles has been tweeting with actor Zac Efron throughout the Olympics... and then he surprised her and her teammates in Rio! Here's all the cool stuff from the sports world you might have missed today.
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Zac and Goldy

American gymnastics teammates Simone Biles and Aly Raisman completed their domination of the Rio Games yesterday when they took gold and silver, respectively, for floor exercise. That brings Biles final medal count to four golds and one bronze. Raisman finishes with one gold and two silvers.

To cap it all off, they got a surprise visit on the Today Show from Zac Efron, with whom Biles had been tweeting earlier in the games:

Yesterday's best photos from the Games

What a catch

Will Hayes believes in Mermaids

I assure you, kids, dinosaurs are real. Mermaids, though? I'm not sure.

Why bother?

Love this helmet

Props for using the original poster

Today's Peanuts

(Photo credit: Alex Livesey/Getty Images)