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    Simone Biles comes up just short of gold in floor routine as Olympics ends in heartbreak

    By Mollie Walker,

    9 hours ago

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    Simone Biles capped her 2024 Olympic Games with a bounce back to the podium.

    After falling during her beam routine just hours earlier to lose out on a medal for the first time in these games, the superstar American gymnast rebounded on her floor routine to capture silver and finish her time in Paris with four total medals.

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    Simone Biles wears her silver medal from the women’s floor exercise event on Aug. 5 at the Paris Olympics. Getty Images

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    Despite experiencing some issues during warmups, Biles posted a score of 14.133 after landing out of bounds twice.

    As a result, it wasn’t enough to beat out Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade, who tumbled to her first gold medal of the Games with a score of 14.166.

    Biles finished .033 behind Andrade.

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    It was reviewed and approved, taking the lead of her routine from a C-start value to a D, which upped her  score.

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    Biles and Jordan Chiles (r) celebrate their medals. Getty Images
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    Simone Biles during her floor routine on Aug. 5, 2024. Getty Images

    The silver-medal finish brings Biles’ career Olympic medal total to 11, after she won gold with Team USA, the all-around title and vault.

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