Biles stuck her floor routine which has a ridiculous level of difficulty, and turned in a score of 15.966.
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US teammate Aly Raisman won her third medal of the Olympics, finishing with silver after a score of 15.500.
Simone Biles wrapped up her Olympics on Tuesday by sticking a near-perfect routine to win gold in the floor final, her fourth gold medal in Rio. She has won three world championships in the event and will be a favorite to win her fourth gold here in Rio. They also were the only two gymnasts in the floor final with qualifying scores over 15 points.
The 19-year-old American on Tuesday completed an extraordinary stretch that included a team gold for the “Final Five” as well as individual golds in the all-around and vault and bronze on balance beam.
Teammate Aly Raisman also competed in today’s event.
Raisman, a 22-year-old MA native who missed a bronze medal in the individual all-around at the 2012 London Games by a tiebreaker, now has six Olympic medals to her name.
-American gymnast Danell Leyva won silver in the men’s parallel bars final behind Ukraine’s Oleg Verniaiev gold-medal performance.
The 28-year-old was the first to mount the bar and he showed no fear as he pulled off four high-flying release-and-catch moves.
Tinkler is the first from Great Britain to individually medal in gymnastics in Rio.
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Meanwhile, Germany’s Fabian Hambuechen has taken Olympic gold at the fourth attempt after he came out on top in the men’s horizontal bar final.
