BREAKING: Simone Biles to Compete in the Balance Beam Finals
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Recent reports have confirmed that Simone Biles will be taking part in the finals of the women’s balance beam finals. Simone Biles has recently been in the news, as she has pulled out of almost all events from the Tokyo Olympics. The most decorated female gymnast in the world, Biles had a chance to tie the record for the most decorated female gymnast after winning 4 gold medals and 1 bronze medals at the Rio Olympics.
Simone Biles had some shaky start to her Olympic campaign, making some uncharacteristic errors in the qualifications. Her skills were enough however, as she qualified in first place for the individual all around finals, in second place for the team all around finals, and qualified for all individual apparatus finals.
Biles and her team started on the vault in the women’s team all around finals, but Biles had a disastrous vault, as she took a big step on landing, managing to only score a 13.766. She soon left the competition floor, and Jordan Chiles was getting ready to replace her in the second rotation on the uneven bars. Biles soon came out and announced that she would be pulling out of the team all around finals, and the team went on to win silver.
A day later, Biles announced on social media that she would be pulling out of the individual all around finals, and then a few days later news was received that she would not be taking part in the vault and uneven bars apparatus finals as well. She would later go one to pull out of the floor exercise as well, and her participance in the balance beam finals was not yet confirmed.
Simone Biles will be Participating in the Balance Beam finals along with Sunisa Lee
It was confirmed by Simone Biles and USA Gymnastics that she would be taking part in the finals of the balance beam, and her name is on the start list, along with her teammate Sunisa Lee, who recently won gold in the women’s individual all round finals.
Simone Biles qualified for the finals of the beam in 7th position with a score of 14.066. China dominated in the balance beam, with Chenchen Guan qualifying with the highest score, 14.933, miles ahead of everyone else. Her teammate Tang Xijing qualified in 2nd place with a 14.333, while Sunisa Lee qualified with a 14.200 in third place.
Larissa Iordache, Elsabeth Black, Vladislava Urazova and Flavia Saraiva rounded off the top 8 who will be competing on the balance beam during the last day of artistic gymnastics at Tokyo Olympics.
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