Live updates: Biles slips, Lee falls in rough balance beam showing
Simone Biles, left, and teammate Suni Lee, will both take part in the balance beam final, where they can add to their medal count at the Paris Olympics. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
A trio of U.S. gymnasts have one last day to add to their collection of medals at the 2024 Olympics.
Simone Biles, with three golds already secured in Paris, will take part in both the balance beam and floor exercise finals on Monday. She’ll be be joined by teammate Suni Lee in the beam and Jordan Chiles in the floor.
Biles is already having an Olympics to remember with wins in the team event, all-around and vault. She’s got a good shot to earn two more medals, which would put her at 12 career Olympic medals, second-most all-time for a female gymnast.
Lee also has three medals in these games, the team gold and a pair of bronzes in the all-around and uneven bars. Both Lee and Chiles are trying for their first individual gold medals in Paris.
Regardless of how Monday’s action plays out, it’s already been a highly successful Olympics for the women’s gymnastics team. Now the U.S. is just trying to run up the score.
How to watch balance beam and floor finalsTime: 6:38 a.m. ET (beam) and 8:23 a.m. ET (floor) on Monday, Aug. 5
Location: Bercy Arena, Paris
Channel/streaming: E!, Peacock
Live29 updates
Mon, August 5, 2024 at 2:39 PM GMT+2
GOAT watching GOATThere have been celebrities by the bucketful at the arena to watch Simone Biles this week. But on the last day, Tom Brady is in the house to witness the greatness firsthand.
Mon, August 5, 2024 at 2:38 PM GMT+2
It’s time to wrap up gymnastics at the Olympics with floor exerciseIt’s time for the floor exercise final, the last gymnastics event of the Olympics. Jordan Chiles and Simone Biles, in possibly her last Olympic performance ever, will be competing for the gold.
Mon, August 5, 2024 at 2:08 PM GMT+2
Mon, August 5, 2024 at 2:00 PM GMT+2
With no music being played during the beam final, the arena was almost silent during competition except for gymnasts trying to cheer for each other. But the crowd started shushing very loudly. Suni Lee said she and Simone Biles were annoyed by the crowd.
— Thuc Nhi Nguyen (@thucnhi21) August 5, 2024
Mon, August 5, 2024 at 1:47 PM GMT+2
Horizontal bar is next, where China’s Zheng Boheng was the top qualifierThis could be a competitive event, unlike the parallel bars. After this is, of course, the women’s floor exercise.
Mon, August 5, 2024 at 1:44 PM GMT+2
Suni Lee says she’s gonna take some time off before making any decisions about the future but if this is it, she’s proud of what she’s done
— Will Graves (@WillGravesAP) August 5, 2024
Mon, August 5, 2024 at 1:29 PM GMT+2
Some perspective on a mess of a balance beam finalAlice D’Amato won it with a 14.366. That would have placed her fourth in qualifying. Biles ends up finishing fifth behind Andrade, with Lee behind her in sixth. Both American women came off the beam.
Mon, August 5, 2024 at 1:26 PM GMT+2
Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade bizarrely falls short, Italy’s Alice D’Amato takes gold!What on earth? Andrade looked like she’d take gold with a clean routine, but instead she only gets a 13.933 and finishes fourth. That is absolutely bizarre, and it puts two Italians on the podium.
GOLD: Alice D’Amato, Italy (14.366)
SILVER: Zhou Yaqin, China (14.100)
BRONZE: Manila Esposito, Italy (14.000)
Mon, August 5, 2024 at 1:23 PM GMT+2
A small ironyAfter the twisties derailed her Tokyo program, Biles dug deep and managed to come away with a bronze in the balance beam. Then, in her triumphant return to the top of the sport in Paris, she falls and misses out on a gold medal that was extremely winnable.
Mon, August 5, 2024 at 1:21 PM GMT+2
OK, they’re going to examine the beam, right? Because this feels like the 2000 Olympic qualifiers vault saga all over again.
— Chantel Jennings (@ChantelJennings) August 5, 2024
Mon, August 5, 2024 at 1:21 PM GMT+2
Biles gets a 13.100, eliminating her from medal contentionShe does not look happy. Four of seven gymnasts have fallen so far, and now Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade will go for gol with 14.366 being the score to beat.
Mon, August 5, 2024 at 1:16 PM GMT+2
Simone Biles comes off beamThat’s a heartbreaker for Biles, who had everything lined up in front of her. She recovers well, but now we’ll see where she lands, and if she even makes the podium.
Mon, August 5, 2024 at 1:15 PM GMT+2
Here comes Simone Biles14.366 is the score to beat, with only Rebeca Andrade behind her.
Mon, August 5, 2024 at 1:13 PM GMT+2
Italy’s Alice D’Amato moves into gold position with 14.366D’Amato had barely any missteps in a beautiful routine and now she’s guaranteed a medal. She’s in gold position with two gymnasts to go.
Next up: Biles, Simone.
Mon, August 5, 2024 at 1:09 PM GMT+2
Sabrina Maneca-Voinea of Romania slips off twice, gets an 11.733We’ve had four slips off the beam through five gymnasts so far. The two cleanest so far both had significant wobbles. You could call that an open door for Biles, or an omen.
Next up is Alice D’Amato, who has a medal well within reach with a clean routine.
Mon, August 5, 2024 at 1:03 PM GMT+2
Italy’s Manila Esposito moves into second with (relatively) clean routineThe Italian had maybe the cleanest routine so far, by which we mean she only had one big wobble. She gets a 14.000 and moves into silver position behind Zhou with four gymnasts to go, including Biles and Andrade.
Mon, August 5, 2024 at 12:58 PM GMT+2
Mon, August 5, 2024 at 12:58 PM GMT+2
Brazil’s Julia Soares gets a 12.333 after coming off the beamIt’s been a rough start here at the balance beam, where we’ve had significant missteps by the first three competitors. It is a cruel, cruel apparatus.
Mon, August 5, 2024 at 12:54 PM GMT+2
Mon, August 5, 2024 at 12:54 PM GMT+2
