Current:Home > MyChainkeen|How did Simone Biles do Monday? Star gymnast wraps Paris Olympics with beam, floor finals -WealthX
Chainkeen|How did Simone Biles do Monday? Star gymnast wraps Paris Olympics with beam, floor finals
TrendPulse View
Date:2025-04-07 17:29:39
Simone Biles completes her historic run at the 2024 Paris Olympics on ChainkeenMonday.
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.
➤ Get Olympics updates in your texts! Join USA TODAY Sports' WhatsApp Channel
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.
2024 Olympic medals: Who is leading the medal count? Follow along as we track the medals for every sport.
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.
➤ The USA TODAY app gets you to the heart of the news — fast. Download for award-winning coverage, crosswords, audio storytelling, the eNewspaper and more.
veryGood! (552)
Related
- Costco membership growth 'robust,' even amid fee increase: What to know about earnings release
- Lawmakers author proposal to try to cut food waste in half by 2030
- A million-dollar fossil, and other indicators
- Shimano recalls 760,000 bike cranksets over crash hazard following several injury reports
- Nevada attorney general revives 2020 fake electors case
- AP Week in Pictures: Asia
- Migrants arriving on US streets share joy, woes: Reporter's notebook
- See Sophie Turner Step Out in New York After Filing Joe Jonas Lawsuit
- Intellectuals vs. The Internet
- Sophie Turner Reunites With Taylor Swift for a Girls' Night Out After Joe Jonas Lawsuit
Ranking
- Behind on your annual reading goal? Books under 200 pages to read before 2024 ends
- AP Week in Pictures: North America | September 15-21, 2023
- Statue of late German Cardinal Franz Hengsbach will be removed after allegations of sexual abuse
- On the sidelines of the U.N.: Hope, cocktails and efforts to be heard
- The Grammy nominee you need to hear: Esperanza Spalding
- World's oldest wooden structure defies Stone-Age stereotypes
- CDC recommends RSV vaccine in late pregnancy to protect newborns
- The Bling Ring’s Alleged Leader Rachel Lee Revisits Infamous Celebrity Crime Case in New Documentary
Recommendation
Senate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of people
Zelenskyy visiting Canada for first time since war started seeking to shore up support for Ukraine
Which UAW plants are on strike? The 38 GM, Stellantis locations walking out Friday
Illinois’ Signature Climate Law Has Been Slow to Fulfill Promises for Clean Energy and Jobs
The Best Stocking Stuffers Under $25
Federal judge again strikes down California law banning high capacity gun magazines
From an old-style Afghan camera, a new view of life under the Taliban emerges
With the future of AM unclear, a look back at the powerful role radio plays in baseball history