One day after crushing the field in the vault, Biles settled for bronze on the sport’s most hard apparatus. The Netherlands’ only other female gymnastics medal came in 1928 in Amsterdam, as the hosts won gold in the first ever-woman’s team all-around.
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Simone Biles crushes the field in the vault competition for her third gold medal of the Rio Games.
The 19-year-old Texan can still win a fourth gold Tuesday in the women’s floor exercise final. The gold medal went to Sanne Wevers of the Netherlands at 15.466. Biles returned the favor after Hernandez stuck her dismount, the two good friends laughing during the seemingly interminable wait for the score.
Wevers, who won silver at last year’s world championships and qualified for the final in fourth position, is notable for the relative absence of tumbling in her routines and her emphasis on turns and leaps.
United States’ Simone Biles stumbles during her performance on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women’s apparatus final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 15, 2016. For Biles, she’s looking forward to doing her gymnastics on her favorite event.
Kocian, Douglas, Biles and teammates Aly Raisman and Laurie Hernandez sat down with ABC News’ Amy Robach in Rio, where they discussed the pressure to excel.
“I’m disappointed at the routine that I did”.
Hernandez then hugged her coach and got a warm hug from a smiling Biles.
Speaking after the event, Biles said she wanted to stick the Amanar “so badly here and it didn’t happen. She’s like, ‘Eh, give me one more gold, ‘” he said jokingly.
Felix made her Olympic debut at the 2004 Athens Games at age 18, claiming the 200 meter silver behind Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell-Brown. The 24-year-old gymnast of the Netherlands beat USA gymnasts Simone Biles and Laurie Hernandez with a score of 15.466.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough, and Biles was forced to put her hands on the beam to avoid falling off entirely.
And Tuesday, she has another chance to make history: She’ll compete in the floor finals, which she’s favored to win. The other secured Shaunae Miller’s win in the women’s 400 meters over Allyson Felix, the USA star who missed out on her fifth Olympic gold medal. She qualified for the final in second place.
Maria Paseka, the 2015 world champion, was second with 15.253 points followed by Giulia Steingruber of Switzerland with 15.216.
Also Monday, Ri Se Gwang of North Korea took gold in men’s vault, followed by Denis Abliazin of Russian Federation and Kenzo Shirai of Japan.
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This year’s Olympics coverage has been marred by a freakish strain of sexism, with news outlets crediting Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszu’s record to her husband/coach, and finding space in a headline to mention bronze medalist Corey Cogdell’s husband (Bears lineman Mitch Unrein) but not her sport (trap shooting).
