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Simone Biles Olympic Winner
Artistic gymnastics at the Paris Olympic Games came to a dramatic end Monday, as Simone Biles won the silver medal in the floor exercise final.
She won her 11th Olympic medal and seventh gold in Paris, leaving her within striking range of Soviet legend Larisa Latynina’s nine golds, the most of any gymnast.
Brazil's Rebeca Andrade bested Biles for the floor gold, becoming the nation's most decorated Olympian. In one of the most dramatic twists of the Games, Jordan Chiles won her first individual Olympic medal after appealing her score, adding a floor bronze to her two team medals: a Paris gold and a silver in Tokyo.
"Obviously, it wasn't my best performance," Biles said after the meet. "But at the end of the day, whoever medaled medaled, and that's what's so exciting, because you just never know, it's gymnastics."
"I've accomplished way more than my wildest dreams, not just at this Olympics, but in the sport, so I can't be mad at my performances," she added. "A couple years ago, I didn't think I'd be back here at an Olympic Games, so competing and then walking away with four medals ... I'm pretty proud of myself."
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Biles' performance in Paris — which was dubbed the team's "Redemption Tour" after taking silver in Tokyo — was an exultant return to the Games for the gymnast widely regarded as the greatest in history, with plenty of records shattered along the way.
Simone Biles reacts after competing in the floor final in Paris.Naomi Baker / Getty ImagesIn Tuesday’s team event, she officially became the most decorated American gymnast in the history of the Olympic Games, surpassing “Magnificent Seven” member Shannon Miller’s seven-medal record.
She will leave Paris with four medals: three golds and a silver. She had the potential to win five medals but fell off the balance beam in Monday's final. An Olympic gold in that event has long eluded her and slipped out of her grasp once again in her third Olympic appearance.
Biles also came up just short in Rio, nabbing four golds before a balance beam wobble on the last day of competition landed her a bronze.
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