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How did Simone Biles do Monday? Star gymnast wraps Paris Olympics with beam, floor finals
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Date:2025-04-15 23:00:34
Simone Biles completes her historic run at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Monday.
With performances in the finals of the women's balance beam and floor exercise, Biles wraps up her scheduled events in Paris. It has already been a triumphant return to the Olympics for Biles, who battled mental health issues at the Tokyo Games in 2021, to become one of the most dependable American athletes in Paris.
Biles opened her Olympics with a health scare, an apparent calf tweak suffered July 28 during a qualifying round, though Biles powered through all of her events, starring in them and affirming her position as the most dominant gymnast in U.S. history.
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Simone Biles in balance beam at Paris Olympics
Simone Biles fell off the beam during her aerial series and failed to medal in the balance beam final. She finished fifth and it marks the first time, other than on uneven bars, that Biles has made a final and not won a medal.
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Italy's Alice Domato won gold, China's Zhou Yaqin took silver and Italy's Manila Esposito earned bronze.
Biles won bronze medals on the beam in Rio and Tokyo.
When does Simone Biles compete next?
Biles will compete in the women's floor exercise final, during which she won gold in 2016. Finals begin at 8:23 a.m. ET.
Simone Biles' Olympic medals
- 2016 Rio de Janeiro ― Gold: Team all-around
- 2016 Rio de Janeiro ― Gold: All-around
- 2016 Rio de Janeiro ― Gold: Vault
- 2016 Rio de Janeiro ― Gold: Floor exercise
- 2016 Rio de Janeiro ― Bronze: Balance beam
- 2020 Tokyo ― Silver: Team all-around
- 2020 Tokyo ― Bronze: Balance beam
- 2024 Paris — Gold: Team all-around
- 2024 Paris — Gold: Individual all-around
- 2024 Paris — Gold: Vault
Biles already entered Monday as the most decorated American gymnast of all time, and she's eight medals away from former Soviet Union gymnast Larisa Latynina's Olympic record of 18 medals.
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