Rebeca Andrade wins gold in floor, US wins silver, bronze

Rebeca Andrade celebrated her gold medal win in the women's floor exercise at the Paris 2024 Olympics. 

The women’s gymnastics competition ended stunningly at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Monday night. Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade won her first gold medal on the floor exercise at Bercy Arena. Simone Biles won her 11th Olympic medal in silver, along with Jordan Chiles, whose score was changed to come through with a bronze. 

The final apparatus marked the last chance for Biles to tie Vera Cavslavska for second on the most medals won by gymnasts, with 11. Her fall during the balance beam final negated her chance to sit in second by herself, but having the best routine of any competitor kept her in the hunt to get the job done in Paris. 

Andrade earned 14.166 to set the bar for the last six gymnasts to perform. Halfway through the event, no one got anywhere close to the Brazilian. Before the second half got underway, Biles went up to warm up and had an issue with her left calf again, applying more tape to it before her turn. Ana Barbosu of Romania got 13.700 bringing her into the medal conversation.

D’Amato earned 13.600, followed by Biles, who stepped with both feet out of bounds twice. The American managed 14.133, moving into second, with two gymnasts left. After Romanian gymnast Sabrina Maneca-Voinea, it was Chiles last for the United States to seal her place in Paris Olympic history. 

In a stunning turn of events, the 23-year-old got 13.666, but an inquiry was made on her behalf to suddenly get into the bronze medal position. Chiles moved to 13.766 beating Romania’s Ana Barbosu by a tenth to join Biles on the podium