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

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.

Simone Biles reacting to injury before starting her floor routine at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

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

Simone Biles preparing to compete in the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Floor Exercise Final at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France"

Simone Biles during her floor routine on Aug. 5, 2024.

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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