Olympic gymnastics: Simone Biles falls on beam and goes for gold on floor – live updates

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NBC hasn’t caught it yet, but the results feed says Chiles has a 13.766. Bronze!

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Romania might be furious about that.

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NBC says there’s an inquiry on Maneca-Voinea’s score. Can’t say I blame them. But will Chiles render that irrelevant by getting, say, a 13.900?

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NO! It’s a 13.666. The inquiry leaves the score unchanged, so Barbosu takes a surprising bronze.

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BUT … there’s an asterisk by Chiles’ score. Another inquiry?

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Standings:
n 14.166 Andrade (BRA)
n 14.133 Biles (USA)
n 13.700 Barbosu (ROU)
n 13.700 Maneca-Voinea (ROU)
n 13.666 Chiles (USA)

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The podium:

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14.533 Oka (JPN)
n 14.533 Barajas (COL), silver on tiebreak
n 13.966 Zhang (CHN)
n 13.966 Tang (TPE)

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Tang fell flat on the mat midway through his routine. Zhang needed a couple of steps to steady himself on the dismount. They’ll share bronze.

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Oka and Barajas were simply brilliant. They didn’t just make the fewest mistakes. They were sublime. Barajas was especially courageous in tackling such a stunning routine.

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China has a very good chance of extending its lead in the medal count. Gold medals, that is – the USA’s lead in total medals is virtually unassailable.

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Qualification scores were:

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15.133 Zhang Boheng (CHN)
n 14.933 Tang Chia-Hung (TPE)
n 14.733 Takaaki Sugino (JPN)
n 14.600 Tin Srbic (CRO)
n 14.533 Shinnosuke Oka (JPN)
n 14.466 Angel Barajas (COL)
n 14.400 Su Weide (CHN)
n 14.366 Marios Georgiou (CYP)

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Su had a pair of costly falls in the team event. Zhang posted a 14.733. Sugina was at 14.566. Oka had a 14.433. The other four weren’t in it.

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Only two of these gymnasts were in the all-around, and their scores were lower – Zhang at 14.633, Oka at 14.500.

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What … just … happened?

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That’s shocking!

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It’s a 13.933 for Andrade, as judges somehow found something.

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Brilliant for d’Amato, but … really???!!!

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GOLD: Alice d’Amato (Italy), 14.366
n SILVER: Zhou Yaqin (China), 14.100
n BRONZE: Manila Esposito (Italy), 14.000

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Between the falls by Biles, Lee, Soares and Maneca-Voinea, the interminable waits for scores, and whatever they found to deduct from worthy winner Andrade, let us never speak of this competition again.

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No, that’s not fair to d’Amato. It’s a golden moment for Italy. But of our four favorites, three faltered (Zhou managed to avoid falling but put both hands on the beam) and one … what happened?

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Qualification scores were:

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14.866 Zhou Yaqin (CHN)
n 14.733 Simone Biles (USA)
n 14.500 Rebeca Andrade (BRA)
n 14.033 Suni Lee (USA)
n 14.000 Sabrina Maneca-Voinea (ROU)
n 13.966 Manila Esposito (ITA)
n 13.866 Alice D’Amato (ITA)
n 13.800 Julia Soares (BRA)

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But Zhou missed her routine in the team event, scoring 12.300. Biles did slightly worse (14.366), as did Andrade (14.133). Lee was the one who improved (14.600). D’Amato and Esposito roughly matched their qualifying scores. Soares only managed 12.400.

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Biles posted the best score in the all-around at 14.566. Esposito was second among the beam qualifiers at 14.200, then Andrade at 14.133, D’Amato at 14.033 and Lee at 14.000. Zhou, Soares and Maneca-Voinea were not in the all-around.

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This is the apparatus that strikes the most fear in the hearts of any gymnast. Flipping and landing blind on a 4-inch-wide piece of wood is one of those skills that baffle us mere mortals.

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They’re holding the medal ceremony for the parallel bars first, so you’ve got time to caffeine up.

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Oka did indeed reach the podium: 6.5 difficulty, 8.8 execution, 15.300

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GOLD: Zou (CHN), 16.200
n SILVER: Kovtun (UKR), 15.500
n BRONZE: Oka (JPN), 15.300

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Next up: women’s balance beam. You know who’s coming up …

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The top qualifier is China’s Zou Jingyuan, with a breathtaking 16.200. Teammate Zhang Boheng qualified second with a 15.333. Japan’s Shinnosuke Oka was next at 15.300, then Ukraine’s Oleg Vernaiev (15.266), Germany’s Lukas Dauser (15.166), Ukraine’s Illia Kovtun (15.166), Turkey’s Ferhat Arican (15.033) and Japan’s Wataru Tanigawa (15.000).

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Kovtun turned in a slightly higher score in the team event at 15.433 and was the top performer on the apparatus in the all-around with a 15.400. He finished fourth overall behind Oka, Zhang and China’s Xiao Ruoteng.

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Goooooooood morning, USA! Yes, it’s still dark, and many of you are still buzzing over Noah Lyles’ win yesterday, but it’s time to switch gears from the current fastest man to the women’s gymnastics GOAT, Simone Biles, who’ll share the stage today with Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, Rebeca Andrade and Alice D’Amato on the final day of gymnastics competition.

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Biles, Lee, Andrade and D’Amato are in the balance beam competition at 6:38 a.m. ET. Chiles replaces Lee in the floor exercise, today’s final event, at 8:23 a.m. ET.

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We also have two men’s apparatus finals: horizontal bar at 7:33 a.m. ET, but up first, men’s parallel bars at 5:45.

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Grab your coffee or tea and follow along.

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What a surprising, stunning final day of gymnastics!

The moral of the story here: Take nothing for granted.

No one was surprised to see the USA and Biles take gold in the team and all-around. No one was surprised by seeing Lee, Chiles and Carey take medals. All told, they took eight of a possible 11 medals and three of a possible six golds.

But gymnasts are always a moment, an instant, an inch away from missing it. They have to be perfect, then perfect again.

So this day should serve as a reminder how astounding the big-time performers really are when they keep hitting their routines in the big time. Andrade did it every time, putting pressure on Biles throughout and finally breaking through in the floor exercise when Biles was four steps less than perfect in one of the most difficult routines anyone could ever do.

The reason they can’t afford any slip-ups is that there are a lot of really good gymnasts here. Italy is leaving today with two worthy medalists – Alice d’Amato and Manila Esposito on balance beam.

Some favorites also faltered in the men’s events, but China’s Zou Jingyuan and Japan’s Shinnosuke Oka came through.

Forget the medal count for a moment. This was breathtaking. And it ends with Rebeca Andrade, who has had the misfortune of being one of the greatest of all time while the greatest of all time is competing, stepping onto the top step of the podium while her US rivals and friends literally bow in her direction.

Bryan Armen Graham was there and has this report. Thanks for following along in the early hours in the USA or the whatever hours wherever you are.

Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade. Photograph: Loïc Venance/AFP/Getty Images
Zou Jingyuan
Zou Jingyuan Photograph: Ryan Browne/REX/Shutterstock
Italy’s Alice D’amato.
Italy’s Alice D’amato. Photograph: Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images

Tears, tears, everywhere. Biles and Chiles are hugging, and Chiles is overcome. Chiles’ parents are hugging and high-fiving. Jade Carey’s jaw drops.

We’re not getting shot of the Romanian camp, who must have thought that even if the Maneca-Voinea inquiry changed nothing, they’d still get bronze thanks to Barbosu.

Chiles bumped up to bronze

NBC hasn’t caught it yet, but the results feed says Chiles has a 13.766. Bronze!

Romania might be furious about that.

Gold medallist Rebeca Andrade of Brazil celebrates on the podium with silver medallist Simone Biles of United States and bronze medallist Jordan Chiles of United States.
Gold medallist Rebeca Andrade of Brazil celebrates on the podium with silver medallist Simone Biles of United States and bronze medallist Jordan Chiles of United States. Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

Rebeca Andrade wins floor exercise; Simone Biles silver

NBC says there’s an inquiry on Maneca-Voinea’s score. Can’t say I blame them. But will Chiles render that irrelevant by getting, say, a 13.900?

NO! It’s a 13.666. The inquiry leaves the score unchanged, so Barbosu takes a surprising bronze.

BUT … there’s an asterisk by Chiles’ score. Another inquiry?

Standings:
14.166 Andrade (BRA)
14.133 Biles (USA)
13.700 Barbosu (ROU)
13.700 Maneca-Voinea (ROU)
13.666 Chiles (USA)

Rebeca Andrade of Brazil.
Rebeca Andrade of Brazil. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters

Big pass for Chiles … how did she land that? It looked underrotated, and she needed a small step forward.

But that might get onto the podium. It surely won’t catch Biles or Andrade.

Can Jordan Chiles get onto this podium? Her scores in qualifying and the team event would say yes.

Two acrobatic passes down – maybe a slight wobble on one, but not bad.

The Olympic results page is going berserk on me. It looks like she got a 13.700, same as Barbosu.

And it’s confirmed. Difficulty was only 5.900. Execution was 7.900. There’s a penalty of 0.1. Barbosu edges Maneca-Voinea on tiebreak. That seems wrong. (And I doubt there’ll be an accusation of bias – they’re both Romanian.)

Hang on a minute … Romania’s Sabrina Maneca-Voinea is up, and she looks quite good. She also does the change-of-direction flip forward after an acrobatic pass. Her feet stay in.

Her scores have ranged from 13.566 to 13.800.

Will that move her into second with one gymnast to go? Could Biles … be knocked off the podium??

The Biles breakdown …

Biles says, “I think Rebeca got this one.” And she’s right … maybe, because we have two to go.

Biles smiles and gives her friend Andrade a hug.

The difficulty was 6.9. Her execution was 7.833. Then she had an 0.6 penalty.

One fewer foot out of bounds, and Biles has a grasp on gold.

Stepping with both feet out of bounds is an 0.30 deduction. She did it twice.

Deduct 0.6 from her qualifying score, and …

It’s a 14.133 … behind Andrade!

Fourth pass … again, she’s so amped up that she travels too far and steps out of bounds.

If I knew the code of points, I’d know how much those deductions are.

But her difficulty score will be immense, and she remained upright despite the calf injury.

Third pass … NAILS the landing, just inside the line.

One more pass between her and gold …

Simone Biles during the Artistic Gymnastic Wonen's Floor Exercise Final.
Simone Biles during the Artistic Gymnastic Wonen’s Floor Exercise Final. Photograph: Javier García/REX/Shutterstock

Second pass for Biles … big steps out of bounds. She has the cushion for that, but maybe no more.

Biles cracks a smile when introduced, as always. Here we go …

First pass … and she’s fine!

It’s a 13.600 for d’Amato, third behind Andrade and Barbosu.

Next up … Simone Biles. Oh boy. Will that calf hold?

Balance beam gold medalist Alice d’Amato (Italy) is up now. Her music starts out like someone is about to murdered in Game of Thrones. Then the drums kick in as she starts her acrobatic passes. She has one step out of bounds, and it doesn’t seem to be in the same difficulty range as Barbosu. But we shall see. She needs 13.166 for a tentative spot on the podium, bearing in mind that Biles, Maneca-Voinea and Chiles.

Over to Biles, who provides one of the quotes of the Games: “If one of these cameramen hits me one more time,” and then I think she said “we’re gonna have an issue.” We’ll need to replay that.

Do … not … cross … Simone Biles.

Barbosu is the first competitor here to do a flip and then immediately flip back the other direction. It’s impressive.

Biles is getting taped. Again.

She looks a little downcast. But she looked the same way in qualifying and pulled through. They show the warmup again, and it seemed she favored one leg on landing.

Would the adrenaline of a final appearance in these Games help her power through?

Barbosu passes Kishi with a 13.700, her best score in four attempts on the floor here.

Romania's Ana Barbosu.
Romania’s Ana Barbosu. Photograph: Loïc Venance/AFP/Getty Images

Uh oh. Biles had an issue with her calf in qualifying but shook it off and posted big numbers. Now, in her warmup, she takes a fall. Is she OK this time?

Kishi’s score was posted during the break – 13.166, up to second.

Ana Barbosu (Romania) is up. I care less for this music. I think that’s the reason she stepped out of bounds.

I’m a musician (hobbyist, very occasionally paid) and not a gymnast, so I can judge the music better than I can judge the gymnastics. Rishi’s is awesome. But she may have stepped out after an acrobatic sequence, and she loses her footing on some simple steps and has to catch herself.

Forget the medals for a bit – floor exercise is just fun to watch. Rishi may pass Ou but won’t threaten Andrade, but she can be happy with that routine.

Ou will take a 13.000. No surprise.

Rina Kishi of Japan is just 16. Here she goes …

Rina Kishi of Japan.
Rina Kishi of Japan. Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

Ou’s scores have been all over the place in three attempts on the floor in Paris. A solid 13.666 in qualifying got her here. She slipped to 12.733 in the team event and had a disastrous 11.933 in the all-around.

This time may be in between. She steps out of bounds on her second acrobatic pass. The difficulty definitely isn’t in the Andrade range, let alone Biles.

It’s a pretty routine to watch, though, with enticing Chinese music. Maybe an outside shot at the podium?

Reminder: Andrade had a 13.900 in qualifying, a 14.200 in the team event and a 14.033 in the all-around. This should be comparable.

Biles applauds. She wants to see her Brazilian rival hit that routine.

Score is 14.166. And she puts on some glasses, like some US men’s gymnast apparently does …

China’s Ou Yushan is up.

Rebeca Andrade of Brazil after her performance.
Rebeca Andrade of Brazil after her performance. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters

Andrade goes straight into an acrobatic sequence with too many moves to adequately describe here. Her second pass is only slightly less dazzling. Both landings have been solid. Her third landing is also excellent.

A fourth pass, which not all gymnasts do, and it’s just as good, maybe with a slight step on her landing.

Biles is going to have an advantage on the difficulty score. But with what Andrade just did, Biles’ margin for error might not be that big. Andrade will surely medal, and the pressure will be on Biles to earn that gold.

Esposito’s score is 12.133.

Don’t change the channel. Rebeca Andrade is up next. She has two silver medals and a bronze in Paris. She may have deserved a medal on the beam, but to be fair, she did downgrade her difficulty.

That probably won’t happen here …

At long last, because the pacing of events at Bercy Arena is rather languid, it’s Manila Esposito of Italy.

She lands on her knees after her first acrobatic pass and doesn’t seem to be 100% after that. But she rebounds with a nice combination. Unfortunately, she takes several steps backwards and out of bounds on the third pass.

But Esposito will leave with a silver from the team event and bronze from the balance beam. Not bad at all.

Floor exercise order

Esposito (ITA)
Andrade (BRA)
Ou (CHN)
Kishi (JPN)
Barbosu (ROU)
D’Amato (ITA)
Biles (USA)
Maneca-Voinea (ROU)
Chiles (USA)

For those obsessing over the medal count …

… which I really shouldn’t be doing because it can take the focus away from outstanding achievements, and the international insistence on focusing on gold rather than total devalues the awesome accomplishments of silver and bronze medalists. But anyway …

The gold medal count is now China 21, USA 19. Then a long drop to France with 12.

My projections, adding future events to the ones that have taken place, have the USA at 38.5 to China’s 35.

If Biles or Chiles wins, that projection only goes up to 38.75 because the USA are heavily favored here. If they don’t win, the projection drops to 37.75.

The USA will have several opportunities for gold the rest of the day – mixed team skeet, women’s discus, women’s 800m, women’s surfing. China’s best bet is the women’s team sprint in cycling.

Is this our last glimpse of Simone Biles at the Olympics?

We don’t know. She hasn’t ruled out a run at the 2028 Games. She could take time off and come back. Or she could keep seeking more world championship medals.

But just in case – watch this, either now or on a highlight reel later, and savor.

Lineup for the women’s floor exercise, the final gymnastics event in Paris …

“Artistic” gymnastics, anyway. We’ll still have rhythmic gymnastics.

Qualifying scores:
14.600 Biles (USA)
13.900 Andrade (BRA)
13.866 Chiles (USA)
13.800 Maneca-Voinea (ROU)
13.700 D’Amato (ITA)
13.666 Ou (CHN)
13.633 Esposito (ITA)
13.600 Barbosa (ROU)
13.600 Kishi (JPN)

Yes, nine gymnasts. They tied for eighth in qualifying.

Team event scores:
14.666 Biles, even with an 0.2 penalty
14.200 Andrade
13.966 Chiles
13.900 Maneca-Voinea
13.566 Barbosu
13.466 D’Amato
13.433 Kishi
12.733 Ou
12.666 Esposito

All-around scores:
15.066 Biles, nailing down gold with authority
14.033 Andrade, yes, second place was 1.033 back
13.566 Barbosu
13.500 D’Amato
13.233 Kishi
12.733 Esposito
11.933 Ou

You get the idea. Biles can make a mistake or two here and still win handily. Her difficulty score in the team event was 6.9. No one else tried anything above 5.9.

And this is a more forgiving event. No beam or bar from which to fall. Yes, things can go awry, as they did for Ou in the all-around. But this should be more predictable, with Biles and Andrade finishing 1-2 and Chiles battling the two Romanians for bronze.

But the Italians have a ton of momentum and confidence after taking gold and bronze on the beam.

Shinnosuke Oka wins horizontal bar for his third gold medal of the Games

The podium:

14.533 Oka (JPN)
14.533 Barajas (COL), silver on tiebreak
13.966 Zhang (CHN)
13.966 Tang (TPE)

Tang fell flat on the mat midway through his routine. Zhang needed a couple of steps to steady himself on the dismount. They’ll share bronze.

Oka and Barajas were simply brilliant. They didn’t just make the fewest mistakes. They were sublime. Barajas was especially courageous in tackling such a stunning routine.

Japan's Shinnosuke Oka celebrates winning the gold medal.
Japan’s Shinnosuke Oka celebrates winning the gold medal. Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images

Srbic gets 11.333.

Su Weide gets his first release. And his second, though it’s straight with no twists. His third release is an acrobatic one, and he catches solidly.

It looks great …

… until the landing, with another step forward!

Colombia’s team embraces Barajas and weeps. It looks like he’ll take silver behind Oka. Then Zhang and Tang will likely share bronze.

Maybe. Is Su’s awkward landing worse than what happened with Zhang and Tang?

Apparently so. The difficulty score was only a 6.0, compared to the 6.5s for Zhang and Tang. It’s a 14.433.

Croatia’s Tin Srbic lands on his face. That may be all you need to know. He unwraps his hands, and I’m not sure he’s going to continue. Shot of the crowd – Jade Carey’s jaw dropped.

Srbic rewraps and resumes. He bungles a transition and loses all of his momentum, then drops to the mat. He walks over to the side of the mat. Will he continue again?

Indeed he does. The crowd roars in appreciation. He doesn’t have much left of the routine, but he sticks the landing for an appreciative crowd.

Barajas will take a medal for Colombia.

Su Weide will have the final word. Brilliant in qualifying, big falls in the team event.

It’s a 13.966, tied for third with Tang. They had matching difficulty (6.5) and execution (7.466) scores.

To my untrained eye, it looks like Zhang is making his catches late. But he’s going strong … until the landing, when he takes two big steps forward.

The elusive gold will remain elusive. Might be on the podium, though. There’s a lot of space in the standings between silver and bronze right now.

It’s 11.633 for Sugino.

Here’s Zhang Boheng. The favorite. Silver in team and all-around. He might want this more than anyone else in the field.

Takaaiki Sugino gets HUGE air on his first release. And he gets it again on the second, but he can’t catch the bar. It’s a hard landing, and he gets up slowly, more agitated than injured. But he raises an arm to the crowd before hopping back on and doing two more big aerials. It’s a big stumble on the landing, though. Tang will stay on the podium bubble for now.

Japan's Takaaki Sugino competes in the artistic gymnastics
Japan’s Takaaki Sugino competes in the artistic gymnastics Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images

Marios Georgiou of Cyprus is the master of the one-armed swing and catch. Several of his catches are one hand first, then the other. He also manages one rotation hanging on with one arm. It’s impressive, but he face-plants on the landing. That’s surely enough to keep him out of medal contention, as impressive as that was.

We’ll have the score at some point …

It’s 13.333. Difficulty was 5.9. He’s not happy. I don’t think he would’ve challenged Oka and Barajas without the fall, but he surely would’ve been ahead of Tang.

Standings
14.533 Oka (JPN)
14.533 Barajas (COL)
13.966 Tang (TPE)
13.333 Georgiou (CYP)

NBC confirms that it was Heidi Gardner in the crowd. Personally, I’d be more star-struck by her than I would be by Tom Brady, but maybe I’m a bitter fan of the other 30 NFL teams.

Score for Barajas …

…

… any time now …

14.533 – he’s tied with Oka, but execution score is the top tiebreaker, so he’s in second. The difficulty was 6.6. Execution was 7.933.

Boo. Maybe technically correct, but definitely no fun.

Barajas has one stunning release. Then another, and it’s a combination!

Leave it to the judges to find some little mistake here or there, but he just did one of the most daring routines anyone will ever see, and he caught himself cleanly each time and landed solidly.

Was that Saturday Night Live’s Heidi Gardner in the crowd?

Oka is so consistent. He had a 14.533 in qualifying. He lands a 14.533 here. That’s 5.9 difficulty and 8.633 execution.

Now up: Colombia’s Angel Barajas. He’s 17 and will have the highest difficulty scores if he isn’t forced to change it up on the fly.

Shinnosuke Oka took gold in the all-around, gold in the team event and bronze in the parallel bars. He barely catches the bar after a twisting aerial trick. He flings himself around and around, then sticks the landing.

OK, so Tang isn’t going to take gold …

The carnage continues.

Tang Chia-Hung is in the midst of a breathtaking routine, but he misses a catch and lands on the mat as if a pro wrestler body-slammed him.

But he returns to pull off a brilliant move, flinging himself high off the bar and twisting twice before catching it again. His dismount is flawless.

NBC’s commentators say he’s out of the running, but the way things are going in Bercy Arena today, who’s to say all eight gymnasts here won’t fall? I’m not really kidding.

Score is 13.966.

Men’s horizontal bar lineup

China has a very good chance of extending its lead in the medal count. Gold medals, that is – the USA’s lead in total medals is virtually unassailable.

Qualification scores were:

15.133 Zhang Boheng (CHN)
14.933 Tang Chia-Hung (TPE)
14.733 Takaaki Sugino (JPN)
14.600 Tin Srbic (CRO)
14.533 Shinnosuke Oka (JPN)
14.466 Angel Barajas (COL)
14.400 Su Weide (CHN)
14.366 Marios Georgiou (CYP)

Su had a pair of costly falls in the team event. Zhang posted a 14.733. Sugina was at 14.566. Oka had a 14.433. The other four weren’t in it.

Only two of these gymnasts were in the all-around, and their scores were lower – Zhang at 14.633, Oka at 14.500.

Let’s check the difficulty scores …

D’Amato 5.8
Zhou 6.6
Esposito 5.8
Andrade 5.7 – she must have really downsized from her earlier routines. It was 6.1 in the team event and the all-around. With a 6.1, she would’ve had a total score of 14.333, just behind d’Amato.

Biles and Lee had difficulties of 6.2, even with falls that interrupted some of what they had planned.

OK, onward …

Alice d’Amato wins balance beam gold

What … just … happened?

That’s shocking!

It’s a 13.933 for Andrade, as judges somehow found something.

Brilliant for d’Amato, but … really???!!!

GOLD: Alice d’Amato (Italy), 14.366
SILVER: Zhou Yaqin (China), 14.100
BRONZE: Manila Esposito (Italy), 14.000

Between the falls by Biles, Lee, Soares and Maneca-Voinea, the interminable waits for scores, and whatever they found to deduct from worthy winner Andrade, let us never speak of this competition again.

No, that’s not fair to d’Amato. It’s a golden moment for Italy. But of our four favorites, three faltered (Zhou managed to avoid falling but put both hands on the beam) and one … what happened?

Alice D'amato.
Alice d’Amato. Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images

So, while we wait for Andrade’s scores, shall we watch a couple of movies?

Biles applauds. She and Andrade are the friendliest of rivals, and Biles would surely be perfectly happy to see the Brazilian take gold if she can’t have it herself.

This is it. Land the dismount for gold.

Nice.

Laurie Hernandez is hedging her bets. But surely …

Rebeca Andrade moves with the elegance and athleticism of Biles. She’s simply superb. Some of her landings seems slightly off-center.

The crowd sounds like everyone in the arena is holding their breath.

Rebeca Andrade has one gold medal in her glittering career – the vault in Tokyo. She has two straight silvers in the all-around behind Lee in Tokyo and Biles here. She also has a silver in the vault and bronze in the team event in Paris. A gold medal is in her grasp here.

Biles is getting angry as she waits a long time for her score. Someone hints that it might be for “TV time.” NBC is not at commercial, so don’t blame US broadcasters.

Please get on with it …

People in the crowd are furiously yelling various incomprehensible things.

Biles looks ready to destroy someone on social media.

Finally – 13.100. Fourth. Couldn’t have expected any more.

NOW we’ll get Andrade to wrap up an ugly competition with a lot of falls, stumbles and interminable waits …

It’s a big dismount for Biles, but she strides away with nary a smile.

She could still get in the high 13s, but she won’t crack the podium.

Only Rebeca Andrade stands between Alice d’Amato and a stunning gold for Italy.

Biles’ spins are impossible to describe. There’s a mastery we just don’t see elsewhere …

… and she just fell.

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