Simone Biles missed out on her fourth gold medal of Paris 2024 after a surprise result in the floor routine
came to an end on Monday afternoon with the floor exercise final, where she was pipped by Brazilian rival Rebeca Andrade for the gold by 0.033 points.
Jordan Chiles of the United States took the bronze, climbing from fifth to third after an inquiry. She was reduced to tears of joy after her updated score of 13.766 flashed on the screen, only 0.066 points clear of the Romanian pair of Ana Barbosu and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea. With a second career gold to add to her three silvers and one bronze, the popular Andrade became the most decorated Brazilian Olympian ever. Andrade’s other goldEarlier Biles had missed out on her fourth medal in the balance beam on Monday after she fell during her routine and finished in fifth place, one position ahead of her US teammate Suni Lee, who also fell.
Competing first in the running order of eight was Zhou, the 18-year-old Olympic debutante who took silver on beam behind Biles at last year’s worlds, who was on her way to a flawless routine before a balance check that forced her to bend over and grab the beam, drawing audible gasps from the crowd and a significant deduction from the judges. Her score of 14.100 was a disappointment after qualifying highest with 14.866.
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