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Simone Biles slipped off the balance beam and incurred costly penalties on the floor as she failed to win a gold medal for the first time at these Summer Olympics.
The Junior World Championships in artistic gymnastics were first held in 2019. [1] Originally meant to be held every two years, the second edition of the event was not held until 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The women's balance beam competition has been held in every year since its inception. Three medals are awarded: gold for first place, silver for second place, and bronze for third place. Tie breakers have not been used in every year. In the event of a tie between two gymnasts, both names are listed, and the following position (second for a tie ...
The balance beam is a rectangular artistic gymnastics apparatus and an event performed using the apparatus. The apparatus and the event are sometimes simply called "beam". The English abbreviation for the event in gymnastics scoring is BB. The balance beam is performed competitively only by female gymnasts.
An unusually quiet arena may have played a factor in a shaky balance beam final for Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee and a handful of other event finalists Monday. Biles, Lee, Brazil's Julia Soares and ...
Biles lost balance and slipped off the beam at the end of a combination. She recorded a 13.100 to finish fifth. It cost her a chance to collect an 11th career Olympics medal.
She won gold in the first three of those events at the 2016 Olympics, plus a bronze on balance beam. Biles, 24, was forced to withdraw from the team competition last Tuesday after a single rotation.
Eighty-six gymnasts competed in the balance beam event during the compulsory and optional rounds on September 19 and 21. The eight highest-scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on September 25. Each country was limited to two competitors in the final.