Simone Biles's bid for a record five women's gymnastics gold medals in Rio ended on Monday when the US star finished third on the beam by Sanne Wevers of the Netherlands
US gymnast Simone Biles
Rio de Janeiro: Simone Biles’s bid for a record five women’s gymnastics gold medals in Rio ended on Monday when the US star finished third on the beam by Sanne Wevers of the Netherlands.
US gymnast Simone Biles
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Biles — a gold medallist in the team, all-around and vault — fought to stay on the apparatus during her routine, scoring just 14.733 points. It handed the 19-year-old her first defeat in a final of the apparatus since 2013.