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Biles fall costs Olympic medal,
triathletes plunge into Seine
AFP Paris(FRA) _Richard Carter
A
dramatic fall of the balance beam Monday
cost US gymnastics legend Simone Biles a
medal at the Paris Olympics, which also saw
triathletes plunge into the River Seine.
The day after US sprinter Noah Lyles
blasted his way into the record books with
the narrowest of wins in the men9s 100m, all
eyes were on Biles to see if she could write
some history of her own.
Widely considered the greatest gymnast in history, Biles
was bidding to add to her Paris haul of three golds in balance
beam and noor onals at the Bercy Arena. But she slipped
of the beam while walking backwards in her routine, the
unusual error gifting gold to Italy9s Alice D9Amato. A clearly
furious Biles exited the arena to prepare for her noor exercise
onal, which also ended in heartbreak as two landing errors
sent her into silver behind Brazil9s Rebeca Andrade.
She famously fell victim to the debilitating mental block
gymnasts call the