Simone Biles slips off balance beam, fails to make podium in Paris Olympics event

Simone Biles’ quest for her fourth gold medal of the Paris Olympics was thwarted on the balance beam on Monday after a slip up cost her a chance at a victory and a spot on the podium.

Biles had a really great chance at a gold medal as competitors before her had slipped and fallen to the mat. The only one standing her way with Italy’s Alice D’Amato, who was looking to make history for her country.

But Biles, who won bronze medals on the apparatus in the last two Olympics, slipped and fell off the beam. The error cost her a chance at the podium. Biles’ teammate, Suni Lee, also had a fall. Lee hit the beam and then fell to the mat before picking herself back up and finishing her routine.

It was the first time the Americans hadn’t made the podium since 2000.

Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade was the favorite to win the event aside from Biles. But Andrade failed to make the podium as well.

Sunisa Lee of Team United States falls during the Artistic Gymnastics Women’s Balance Beam Final on day ten of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 05, 2024 in Paris, France. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

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D’Amato was in tears when she realized she captured the first gold medal in women’s gymnastics for her country. She scored a 14.366 to win the gold.

Fellow Italian gymnast Manila Esposito finished with a 14.000 to pick up a bronze medal.

China’s Zhou Yaqin won silver in the event.

Alice D’Amato celebrates gold and Manila Esposito gets bronze.  (Marcus Brandt/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Biles and Jordan Chiles will compete for superiority in the floor exercise later.

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