Nancy Armour,Tom SchadUSA TODAY
PARIS — Simone Biles won silver in the women’s floor exercise final on Monday at the 2024 Paris Games, giving her four medals, including three golds, at these Games. It is the first time she has not won gold in a floor exercise final — ever.
Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade won gold. After a score inquiry, Jordan Chiles won bronze, her updated total moving her to third place from fifth.
The medal is the 11th of Biles’ Olympic career, seven of which are gold. Biles won four medals in Paris, leading the U.S. to gold in the team final and winning gold in the all-around and vault finals and silver in the floor final.
"I’ve accomplished way more than my wildest dreams, not just at these Olympics but in gymnastics," she said in a news conference Monday. "Walking way with four medals, I’m not mad about it. I’m pretty proud of myself.”
Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles bow down to Rebeca Andrade
The greatness of Simone Biles can be summed up in one photo.
It’s not of her with her many, many medals. Or of a score that reflects another dominant performance. It doesn’t show her soaring high above the vault. It’s of Biles and Jordan Chiles, bowing down to new Olympic floor champion Rebeca Andrade as the Brazilian steps onto the medals podium at the 2024 Paris Games.
“I love Rebeca. She’s absolutely amazing,” Biles said Monday afternoon. “Jordan was like, 'Should we bow to her?’ And I was like, 'Absolutely.’ It was just the right thing to do.”
Yes, but not many athletes — not many people — would be big enough to celebrate someone else’s success in the wake of their own disappointment. Or mature enough to do it so genuinely. Not many would be generous enough to show the grace that so often isn’t extended to her. Read Nancy Armour's column on Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles bowing down to Rebeca Andrade after the floor final.
What Simone Biles said after floor, beam finals
Before Simone Biles won silver on floor, she finished fifth in the balance beam final, in which nearly every gymnast came off beam, including USA’s Suni Lee, who finished sixth.
"Today has been absolutely wild," she said. "I've been competing here at the Olympics for, what, a week or so now? I don't know, I've been on that floor so many times competing. So obviously exhaustion and all that sets in, but we still had to go out and compete one more time today.
"It's such an honor to compete with these girls on both the beam and on the floor, obviously wasn't my best performances, but at the end of the day, it's whoever meddled meddled and that's what's so exciting because you just never know.
"So I'm not very upset or anything about my performance. I think these Olympics I'm actually very happy, proud and even more excited that it's over."
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Why Jordan Chiles' score changed on floor
Ana Barbosu of Romania was celebrating on the floor with her country's flag, jumping up and down, when Jordan Chiles' new score came through. She was granted one-tenth of a point increase in her difficulty score, which moved her above Barbosu and gave her the bronze.
After the routine, her coaches Cecile and Laurent Landi submitted an inquiry with the judging panel, and it worked. Chiles' execution score was not changed, but the D score went up by one tenth of a point, to 5.9, and that was enough to give her a bronze. Read the full explainer on why Jordan Chiles' score changed in the floor final.
Simone Biles floor routine
Simone Biles scored a 14.133 to take second place behind Rebeca Andrade with two competitors left. Biles stepped out of bounds twice but stuck the landing on the Biles I. She held her salute until she was off the podium.
During warmups, she overcooked the Biles II and took a hard, awkward fall. She could be seen mouthing, "I'm fine" after. Biles tweaked her calf during qualifying on July 28 and has had it wrapped in competition since.
Jordan Chiles floor routine
There was a score inquiry for Jordan Chiles after her floor routine and she ultimately won bronze with a 13.766.
Simone Biles on silent balance beam final: 'It was really weird and awkward'
If you were expecting raucous cheers or thumping music in the background during the balance beam final, you would've been disappointed. As each of the each competitors mounted the beam, the arena went almost completely silent.
Simone Biles and Suni Lee each got some shushes from the crowd while cheering for each other, which they agreed was "annoying," said Lee, who finished sixth after coming off during her routine.
"You're trying to stay in your zone, and then people start cheering and then the shushing gets louder, so really, they should be shushed because they're louder," Biles said after the beam and floor finals. "It was really weird and awkward. And we've asked several times if we can have some music, or some background noise, so I'm not really sure what happened there. But, yeah, not our favorite. None of us liked it."
Rebeca Andrade floor routine
The Brazilian drew a massive applause from the crowd with a terrific routine that earned her a 14.166 and ultimately gold. She hopped on a few of the landings but that goes into the nitpicking category. She pumped her fist when she finished and looked skyward. During the medal ceremony, Brazilian fans erupted into cheering Andrade, chanting her name just before the medal was draped around her neck.
Simone Biles leotard change
Simone Biles wore anew leotardfor the floor final, swapping her blue and white one for one that is red and blue.
Simone Biles balance beam video
Simone Biles came off the balance beam on her aerial series, scoring a 13.100 and finishing fifth. It's the first time in 33 individual finals at the world championships or Olympics (on events other than uneven bars) that she did not win a medal.
Suni Lee on balance beam
It wasn't to be for Suni Lee in the balance beam final. Seeking her fourth medal of these Games, Lee's right foot slipped off the balance beam at the end of her aerial series, causing her to split the beam and then take a hard fall onto the mat. The result was a score of 13.100 that effectively eliminates her shot at the podium.
The 21-year-old appeared frustrated as she re-mounted the beam and finished her routine after the fall, and as she walked away afterwards. But then she started to gradually lighten after talking with her coach, Jess Graba, and Simone Biles. Within moments, Lee was smiling and laughing again, perhaps remembering the breadth of what she's already achieved in Paris.After returning from a pair of kidney ailments, Lee won a second consecutive all-around Olympic medal — this time a bronze — to go with team gold and another bronze on uneven bars Sunday.
Floor exercise final scores, results
Here are the scores women’s floor exercise final.
- Rebeca Andrade, Brazil: 14.166
- Simone Biles, USA: 14.133
- Jordan Chiles, USA: 13.766
- Ana Barbosu, Romania: 13.700
- Sabrina Maneca-Voinea, Romania: 13.700
- Alice Domato, Italy: 13.600
- Rina Kishi, Japan: 13.166
- Ou Yushan, China: 13.000
- Manila Esposito, Italy: 12.133
Balance beam final results, scores
Here are the scores from the women’s balance beam final.
- Alice Domato, Italy: 14.366
- Zhou Yaqin, China: 14.100
- Manila Esposito, Italy: 14.000
- Rebeca Andrade, Brazil: 13.933
- Simone Biles, USA: 13.100
- Suni Lee, USA: 13.100
- Julia Soares, Brazil: 12.333
- Sabrina Maneca-Voinea, Romania: 11.733
How many Olympic medals does Simone Biles have?
Biles now has won 11 Olympic medals after she led the U.S. women's gymnastics team to gold, won gold in the all-around and vault finals and silver on floor. Seven of her medals are gold.
Japan's Shinnosuke Oka wins gold on high bar
Here are the scores from the men’s high bar final.
China's Zou Jingyuan wins gold on parallel bars
Here are the scores from the men’s parallel bars final.
How many Olympics has Simone Biles been in?
The2024 Paris OlympicsareSimone Biles' third Olympic Games.
Why is Simone Biles called the GOAT?
Biles is the greatest gymnast of all time. She has consistently dominated the sport for over a decade, which would have been an unimaginable feat just a few years ago as most gymnasts reach their peak in their late teens. Her ability to win is in a class of its own. With 41 Olympic and world championship medals, Biles has won the most of any gymnast in history. She has also not lost an all-around competition since 2013.
Biles redefines the possibilities of her sport not just in her record-breaking number of wins and medals, but also in the unmatched difficulty of the skills she completes. Biles has no less than five skills named after her — two on the vault and floor and one on the balance beam — because she was the first, and in most cases, the only athlete to complete them in competition.
Simone Biles' moves named after her: What to know
Simone Biles has left her mark on the sport of gymnastics, in addition to her combined 41 world championship and Olympic medals. Biles has five skills named after her: Two on vault, two on floor exercise and one on balance beam. Here’s are the Simone Biles moves named after her.
Olympic gymnastics results
- Men's team final: Japan won gold, China won silver and the U.S. won bronze.
- Women's team final: Simone Biles and the U.S. women's gymnastics team won gold.
- Men's all-around final: Japan's Shinnosuke Oka won gold. Boheng Zhang and Ruoteng Xiao of China earned silver and bronze, respectively. USA's Paul Juda finished 14th, Frederick Richard finished 15th.
- Women's all-around final: Biles won gold, Brazil's Rebeca Andrade won silver, Suni Lee won bronze.
- Women's vault final: Biles won gold, Andrade took silver, USA's Jade Carey won bronze.
- Men's pommel horse final: Stephen Nedoroscik won bronze after Ireland's Rhys McClenaghan took gold and Nariman Kurbanov of Kazakhstan won silver.
- Women's uneven bars final: Suni Lee won bronze while Algeria's Kaylia Nermour took gold and China's Qiu Qiyuan won silver.
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