Simone Biles slipped off the balance beam and incurred costly penalties on the floor, preventing her from winning her first gold medal at the Paris Summer Olympics, which were seen as an impressive comeback after the disappointment in Tokyo three years ago.

In the individual balance beam final, Biles lost her balance and fell off the apparatus, costing her the chance to make even more history here in France. Alice D’Amato of Italy took gold, Zhou Yaqin of China took silver and Italy’s Manila Esposito took bronze.

Later in the floor final, Biles looked set to put on another impressive performance on an apparatus she excelled on here in Paris, but she landed out of bounds twice, losing six-tenths of a point, leaving her score at 14.133, behind gold medalist Rebeca Andrade of Brazil’s 14.166.

For the American legend, it’s a somewhat disappointing end to an incredible Games. Biles, already the most decorated gymnast of all time, set her name among several other records last week when she won gold with Team USA in the team event, individual all-around and vault finals.

With these victories, Biles became the most successful American Olympic gymnast of all time – with a total of eleven Olympic medals, including seven gold medals – and at age 27, she also became the oldest American gymnast to win a gold medal.

Even though it was not the desired result, Biles does not leave Paris disappointed.

“I’ve accomplished far more than I ever dreamed possible – not just in these Olympics, but in this sport,” Biles told reporters afterward. “So I can’t be mad at my accomplishments. A few years ago I wouldn’t have thought I’d be here at the Olympics again, but the fact that I competed and then took home four medals, I’m not mad at that. I’m pretty proud of myself.”

She would have had a chance to break another incredible record had she won both the balance beam and floor exercise on Monday. The only two women to ever win nine Olympic gold medals are American swimmer Katie Ledecky and Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina. Biles will have to wait until Los Angeles 2028 if she wants to try to break that record.

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Overall, it was a rough day for many on the balance beam, as several competitors fell, including Biles’ teammate Sunisa Lee of Team USA.

Lee lost her footing during her routine and slipped, landing with the beam between her legs before falling sideways onto the mat. She ended up in sixth place, one spot behind Biles.

Unlike Biles, the 2020 all-around gold medalist will not get another chance to redeem herself on Monday. The balance beam was Lee’s last competition here in Paris.

“It was a lot of pressure. It was just crazy to see everyone go down like that,” Lee said afterward. “You could feel the tension in the room. The crowd was silencing us for cheering. We didn’t like that because it was so quiet in there. I love cheering for my teammates.”

Biles added that it was a strange balance beam final and that the silence in the arena – which was marked by some “shhh”s from the crowd as the gymnasts tried to cheer on their teammates – was a little unsettling. She said she and other gymnasts had previously requested that music be played during the balance beam final but were denied.

“I don’t know. It was really weird and uncomfortable,” Biles said. “And we asked several times if we could have music or background noise, so I’m not really sure what happened there. But yeah, not our favorite. Neither of us liked it.”

A powerful finale on the floor

That moment marked a major challenge for Biles later on Monday when she competed in the floor final.

During these Olympics, Biles has stressed the key role her mentality played in recovering from the disappointment of Tokyo. After the team final, she admitted that when she vaulted for the U.S. team, she thought about her retirement from these competitions three years ago.

Biles, who has spoken after each of her gold-medalistic performances about the importance of taking care of her mental health during these Games, said she speaks to her therapist every morning before competition and regularly every Thursday.

“After all these years of mental work, it paid off,” Biles said Saturday after winning her latest gold medal.

She added: “The Olympics are a very demanding process for the athletes. There are several days of competition, so you have to be at your best both mentally and physically (health-wise).”

Her routine was full of the power and grace that Biles has made her trademark. Her speed and power of spins were incredible, and her flips made it look like she was floating in the air. But all that power and speed had a side effect, as the American had to step off the court twice to get back on her feet, resulting in costly penalties.

In the end, Biles seemed to have done more than enough to snatch the gold medal from Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade. Andrade’s total score was well below the performances Biles had shown on the floor during her previous performances in competition, and if the American performed as usual, she was a surefire gold medalist.

But these few small stumbles were just enough to give the Brazilian her second Olympic gold medal. Andrade had been pushing Biles throughout the Paris Games, in the individual all-around and in the vault final, in which the American took home the Olympic title.

After the all-around final on Thursday night, Biles said she enjoyed competing against the Brazilian, but that Andrade got “too close” to her.

“I don’t want to compete with Rebeca anymore. I’m tired,” Biles said at the time. “She’s way too close. I’ve never had an athlete that was that close to me, so this definitely kept me on my toes and brought out the best athlete in me, so I’m excited and proud to compete with her, but … it was uncomfortable, guys. I was stressed.”

Biles and Chiles bow to Andrade, the new queen of the dance floor

Biles seemed to take the disappointment in her stride – she and bronze medalist Jordan Chiles bowed to the Brazilian after the competition and celebrated her as the new queen of the dance floor.

“She’s so incredible. She’s the queen,” Biles said of Andrade on Monday. “And at first it was an all-black podium, so that was super exciting for us. But then Jordan was like, ‘Should we bow to her?’ And I was like, ‘Absolutely.’ So we were like, ‘Are we going to do it now?’ And then we did it because of that.

“But it’s so exciting to watch her. And then all the fans in the audience always cheering her on. So it was just the right thing to do. She’s sweet.”

Chiles said she wanted to make sure Andrade got the recognition she felt the Brazilian deserved and that the new gold medalist was one of the friendlier competitors.

“You know, she’s an icon in her own right, a legend,” Chiles said. “I think recognition is what everyone should do when it comes to someone who has made an effort and put in the effort. So, yeah, in that moment I thought… first of all, yes, it was an all-black podium. Second of all, why don’t we just give her flowers? She gave not only Simone her flowers, but she gave many of us in the United States as well, so it’s so nice to give back. So I felt like it was needed.”

In another dramatic twist, Chiles herself barely made it onto the podium. After her routine, she received a score of 13.666, which put her in fifth place. But then she challenged the judges’ score and her difficulty score was increased by 0.1 point, which was enough to put her in last place on the podium, ahead of Romania’s Ana Bărbosu.

This story has been updated with additional information.

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