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Paris Olympics 2024: American gymnast Simone Biles (AP)
American gymnast Simone Biles didn’t get the golden sendoff she wanted as earned silver in the floor exercise finals at the Paris Olympics.
Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade won the gold medal in the women’s gymnastics floor exercise at the Paris Olympics on Monday, edging out American Simone Biles, who won silver. Jordan Chiles, also of the United States, took the bronze.
Brazil’s Andrade became the first gymnast to beat Biles in a floor final in a major international competition, posting a score of 14.166 that finished just ahead of Biles at 14.133.
Widely considered the greatest gymnast in history, Biles was bidding to add to her Paris haul of three golds in balance beam and floor finals at the Bercy Arena.
But she slipped off the beam while walking backwards in her routine, the unusual error gifting gold to Italy’s Alice D’Amato.
A clearly furious Biles exited the arena to prepare for her floor exercise final, which also ended in heartbreak as two landing errors sent her into silver behind Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade.
She famously fell victim to the debilitating mental block gymnasts call the “twisties” at the Tokyo Olympics but has bounced back emphatically to silence critics who slammed her as a quitter.
Biles ended her campaign in Paris with three golds and a silver, bringing her total Olympic haul to 11, seven of which are gold.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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