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☆ One Small Slip Stalls Biles’s Medal Run in Paris
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Juliet Macur | More About Juliet Macur | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

But after falling during her routine — as many other gymnasts did, too — Biles ended up in fifth. Alice D’Amato of Italy won the gold medal, with 14.366 points, and Zhou Yaqin of China won the silver, with 14.1 points. Another Italian, Manila Esposito, won the bronze, with 14.0 points. Of the eight gymnasts competing, four fell off the beam, including Sunisa Lee, the other American in the event, who finished sixth. Zhou lost her balance and had to grab the beam to steady herself, miscalculating one of the easier skills in an otherwise stellar routine.

Persons: Simone Biles, Biles, Alice D’Amato of, Zhou Yaqin, Manila Esposito, Sunisa Lee, Zhou, miscalculating Organizations: Paris Games, Rio Games, China Locations: Tokyo, Alice D’Amato of Italy

How Team U.S.A. Won the Olympic Women’s Gymnastics Gold1 United States 171.296 2 Italy -5.802 points behind 3 Brazil -6.799The United States took the gold medal in the women’s gymnastics team final at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, beginning with solid vaults from Simone Biles and Jade Carey and ending with a bringing-down-the-house routine by Biles on the floor exercise. Team Italy took the silver, its first Olympic team medal in women’s gymnastics since 1928. And despite wobbles on the beam by Brazilians Flavia Saraiva and Rebeca Andrade — both during a skill called a switch ring leap — their team placed third for its first-ever Olympic team medal. China suffered in the rankings after Zhou Yaqin’s beam routine and Qiu Qiyuan’s bars, expected to be powerhouse events for the country, both included serious mistakes. VaultHow each team scored on the vaultCarey, who had been expected to compete on both vault and floor when she was named to the Olympic team, ended up competing only on vault on Tuesday after spending much of the past week sick.

Persons: Simone Biles, Jade Carey, Biles, Simone Biles’s, Joe Ward, Weiyi Cai, Jordan Chiles, Sunisa Lee, Chiles, Cheng, Flavia Saraiva, Rebeca Andrade —, Becky Downie, Zhou, Qiu Qiyuan’s, Carey, Lee, Jeremy White, — Lee, Bedel Organizations: United States, Paris Olympics, Italy, Olympic Locations: Italy, Brazil, United States, Tokyo, China

☆ Simone Biles wins fourth gold of world championships as she completes first international competition since two-year break
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Simone Biles won her fourth gold medal of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships on Sunday, finishing first in the floor exercise, as she completes her first international competition since her two-year break from gymnastics. The gold in floor is Biles’ 23rd world championship gold medal and was her second of the day, having won the beam competition in Antwerp, Belgium. Simone Biles competes in the women's beam final at the world championships. Biles in action during the floor final at the 2023 world championships. Biles has now earned 30 career medals – 23 gold, four silver, three bronze – at the world championships, as well as a record 37 total medals across both the Olympics and the world championships.

Persons: CNN — Simone Biles, Rebeca Andrade, China’s Zhou Yaqin, Biles, Simone Biles, Lionel Bonaventure, It’s, Zhou, Yves Herman, Reuters Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade Organizations: CNN, Getty, Olympic, Reuters, Olympics Locations: Antwerp, Belgium, China’s, Europe, AFP

☆ Brilliant Biles wins two more golds on final day at worlds
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Biles posted a total of 14.800 in the balance beam final for her impeccable routine ahead of China's Zhou Yaqin with 14.700. Brazilian Rebeca Andrade, who beat Biles on Saturday to gold in the women's vault, posted 14.300 for bronze. The American claimed her second gold of the day in the floor final with 14.633, 0.133 points ahead of second-placed Andrade. "I wasn't too worried about medal count or medal colour," Biles said. She also won gold on balance beam and floor exercise after clinching silver on vault.

Persons: Simone Biles, Yves Herman Acquire, Biles, China's Zhou, Rebeca Andrade, Andrade, Flavia Saraiva, I’m, JARMAN Jake Jarman, Britain's, Jarman, Young, Germany's Lukas Dauser, Japan's Daiki Hashimoto, Anita Kobylinska, Ken Ferris Organizations: Rights, U.S, Young, Thomson Locations: Antwerp, Belgium, Rights ANTWERP, China's, American, Gdansk

Biles started the afternoon with a superb beam routine, oozing confidence throughout. Biles later took to the mat for her last appearance of a busy week, in the floor final. Although she stepped out of bounds midway through her highly difficult routine, Biles earned the day’s best score, 14.633 points. Political Cartoons View All 1202 ImagesAndrade, another star of the sport, took the silver medal ahead of her Brazil teammate Flavia Saraiva. She also claimed a silver medal on vault after the sixth all-around title that made her the most decorated gymnast in history, male or female.

Persons: — Simone Biles, Biles, China’s Zhou Yaqin, Rebeca Andrade, Andrade, Flavia Saraiva ., Daiki Hashimoto, Japan —, —, China's Su Weide, Jake Jarman, Jarman, Nazar Chepurnyi, Young grinned, Lukas Dauser, China’s Shi Cong, Kaito Sugimoto, ___ Organizations: Antwerp —, Tokyo, Britain Locations: ANTWERP, Belgium, China’s, Brazil, Antwerp, U.S, Japan, Croatia, Ukraine, Germany, China’s Shi

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