2024-08-05 19:29:41
The Olympic gymnastics superstar Simone Biles had a fall in the beam final at the Paris Olympics. Biles, who already has accumulated three gold medals In these games, he showed that he can also make mistakes and His mistake cost him to finish off the podium in this event, in fifth place.
After that test, the American obtained second place in the floor test, where she was surpassed by the Brazilian Rebeca Andrade.
On the beam, Biles was performing an exercise that was aimed at a podium finish, when after a backhanded acrobatic series she lost her footing on the beam and fell. The judges gave her a score of 13.100, which put her out of the medal race, pending the performance of Brazilian gymnast Andrade, who finished fourth.
Thus, the beam brought an unknown Olympic glory to Italian gymnastics, gold and bronze thanks to Alice D’Amato (14.366) and Manila Esposito (14.000), separated by the Chinese Yaqin Zhou (14.100). After the team silver, Italy confirms its position as the leading country in women’s gymnastics, behind only the United States. Until now, her gymnasts had never won a medal on the beam.
Despite her mistake, the American has three golds in Paris (team, individual and vault). She has never won an Olympic gold on beam, although she has two bronzes from each of the previous two Games.
The artistic gymnastics program closed with the floor event and it was with a gold medal for Andrade, ahead of the American Simone Biles, who He showed once again that he is deadly and left the mat twice in his routine.The Brazilian won her fourth medal at the Bercy Stadium, her first gold, with 14.166 points; the same as Biles, who took the floor with a score of 14.133.
In the preview of the final series this Monday, Biles highlighted her greatest achievement: overcoming the mental health issues that caused her to withdraw from the 2021 Tokyo OlympicsOn Saturday, after winning her third gold medal, the American had spoken out to her critics: “Negative comments are painful to a certain extent. They hurt, but I am still in therapy working on all that, to make sure that my mental health is okay.”
“All these years of mental work have paid off. I’m super excited to be back on this stage,” the American celebrated and explained: “The Olympic Games are a very exhausting process for athletes and there are many days of competition, so you have to be aware of your mental and physical state.“As long as we do that, we’ll be fine.”
Biles also did not rule out competing in the next Olympic Games. “Never say never. The next Olympics are at home, so you never know. But I’m getting really old,” she said, laughing.