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The women's artistic individual all-around competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held at the Arena Olímpica do Rio on 11 August. Simone Biles and Aly Raisman of the United States finished first and second in qualifications and then won the gold and silver medals in the final. It was the fourth consecutive Olympic gold ...
In the team final, Biles competed on all four apparatus, Raisman and Hernandez both competed on the vault, balance beam, and floor exercise, and Kocian and Douglas competed on the uneven bars. [36] The team scored 184.897, over eight points ahead of second-place Russia, and they had the highest total scores on each apparatus. [ 37 ]
Only two gymnasts from each country may advance to the balance beam final. Therefore, in some cases, a third and/or fourth placed high enough to qualify, but did not advance to the final because of the quota. Gymnasts who did not advance to the final, but had high enough scores to do so were: Gabby Douglas (T-7th place)
On Thursday, Simone Biles made a strong case for being one of the greatest gymnasts of all time in a dominating performance for the ages. Biles captured her second gold medal of Rio Olympics ...
Wearing a blue and white leotard featuring over 5,000 crystals, Biles was more than halfway through her set when she couldn’t quite keep her balance. The 27-year-old hopped off the beam and onto ...
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 in Paris – which have been ...
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.
Simone Biles and Aly Raisman of the United States finished first and second in qualifications and then won the gold and silver medals in the event final. Raisman was the defending Olympic champion on floor. For Biles, it was her fourth gold medal and fifth overall medal of the 2016 Olympics.