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Olympic gymnastics live updates: Simone Biles, Suni Lee compete in balance beam, floor

yahoo sports staff

A trio of U.S. gymnasts have one last day to add to their collection of medals at the 2024 Olympics.

Simone Biles, with three golds already secured in Paris, will take part in both the balance beam and floor exercise finals on Monday. She'll be be joined by teammate Suni Lee in the beam and Jordan Chiles in the floor.

Biles is already having an Olympics to remember with wins in the team event, all-around and vault. She's got a good shot to earn two more medals, which would put her at 12 career Olympic medals, second-most all-time for a female gymnast.

Lee also has three medals in these games, the team gold and a pair of bronzes in the all-around and uneven bars. Both Lee and Chiles are trying for their first individual gold medals in Paris.

Regardless of how Monday's action plays out, it's already been a highly successful Olympics for the women's gymnastics team. Now the U.S. is just trying to run up the score.

Time: 6:38 a.m. ET (beam) and 8:23 a.m. ET (floor) on Monday, Aug. 5

Location: Bercy Arena, Paris

Channel/streaming: E!, Peacock

LIVE COVERAGE IS OVER42 updates
  • Liz Roscher

    The crowd is going wild for Rebeca Andrade, who finishes her international gymnastics career with a gold medal. She's a legend in the sport, and has the respect of many — including the talented competitors standing on each side of her, Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles.

    This doesn't affect Biles' status as the GOAT. Even the greatest of all time steps out of bounds sometimes. Tom Brady didn't win every Super Bowl he played in, after all.

  • Liz Roscher

    Final placements in floor exercise

    Here are the scores and placements for the top three gymnasts on floor exercise.

    GOLD: Rebeca Andrade, Brazil (14.166)

    SILVER: Simone Biles, USA (14.133)

    BRONZE: Jordan Chiles, USA (13.733)

  • Liz Roscher

    JORDAN CHILES WINS BRONZE!

    After inquires adjusted the scores, suddenly Jordan Chiles goes from 4th to 3rd! She explodes with happiness, winning her second medal of this Olympics and her first-ever individual medal.

  • Liz Roscher

    It's Jordan Chiles' turn to shine

    Performing in her first individual event final ever, Jordan Chiles of Team USA pulled off a fun and powerful routine as the entire arena loudly cheered her. She had a few questionable landings, and scores a 13.666.

  • Liz Roscher

    Romanian gymnasts putting on a show

    Romania's Sabrina Maneca-Voinea just executed a fantastic floor routine full of in-bound stuck landings, scoring a 13.700. She and her teammate Ana Barbosu are really showing how much Romania has improved their gymnastics program after a number of fallow years.

  • Liz Roscher

    Simone scores 14.133, not high enough for first!

    These gymnastics just keep on giving us surprises. Simone's difficulty was high, but the jumps on her landings plus stepping out of bounds with both feet give her a 14.133, several tenths lower than her qualification score and a minuscule .033 behind Rebecca Andrade of Brazil.

    There are just a few gymnasts left to go, including Jordan Chiles.

  • Liz Roscher

    It's Simone time!

    Calf issue or not, Simone Biles is on the floor. She lands that first tumbling pass with ease, and manages to land *just* inside the mat on her second.

    Biles launches her third tumbling pass with incredible power, and the snapback causes her to jump out of bounds.

    But who cares. It's Simone Biles. Her difficulty score is just so high that even those deductions may not affect her

  • Liz Roscher

    Ana Barbosu takes over 2nd, Alice D'Amato currently 3rd

    Ana Barbosu of Romania scored a 13.700 with her routine, the second highest score of the day. Alice D'Amato of Italy, who just won Italy's first gymnastics gold medal in beam, put up a 13.600, just short of taking over second place.

  • Liz Roscher

    Oh no Simone...

    The Peacock and E! broadcast just showed a clip of Simone Biles warming up for her floor routine, during which, to quote commentator Laurie Hernandez, Biles "landed weird."

    It appeared that she over rotated her high-flying triple-double (which is named after her), landing awkwardly and falling backward before walking off with a slight limp. She has already been dealing with a calf issue, which she tweaked during the warm-up in the team all-around.

    We don't yet know what the issue is or if it will impact her ability to perform.

  • Liz Roscher

    16-year-old Rina Kishi jumps into 2nd place

    Rina Kishi of Japan is just 16, but had the confidence of a pro on the floor today. She piled up a lot of little deductions, but her score of 13.166 catapults her into second behind Andrade — for now.

  • Liz Roscher

    China's Ou Yushen scores 13.000

    Ou Yushen had a few messy landings and stepped out of bounds once, but her routine was a fun watch. But those execution issues cost her, and she scores a 13.000.

  • Liz Roscher

    Rebecca Andrade of Brazil nails her floor exercise

    Rebecca Andrade, silver medalist in the individual all-around and a legend in her own right, absolutely nailed her routine. Wearing an aqua blue/green leotard studded with hundreds of tiny crystals, she practically nailed her landings and scores a massive 14.166.

    Andrade is in first after two routines, and is expected to land on the medal stand.

  • Liz Roscher

    First up: Manila Esposito of Italy

    Manila Esposito performed first, but had a fall after her first tumbling pass. She scored a 12.133, and with the heavyweights still to go, she's unlikely to medal.

  • Liz Roscher

    GOAT watching GOAT

    There have been celebrities by the bucketful at the arena to watch Simone Biles this week. But on the last day, Tom Brady is in the house to witness the greatness firsthand.

  • Liz Roscher

    It's time to wrap up gymnastics at the Olympics with floor exercise

    It's time for the floor exercise final, the last gymnastics event of the Olympics. Jordan Chiles and Simone Biles, in possibly her last Olympic performance ever, will be competing for the gold.

  • Horizontal bar is next, where China's Zheng Boheng was the top qualifier

    This could be a competitive event, unlike the parallel bars. After this is, of course, the women's floor exercise.

  • Some perspective on a mess of a balance beam final

    Alice D'Amato won it with a 14.366. That would have placed her fourth in qualifying. Biles ends up finishing fifth behind Andrade, with Lee behind her in sixth. Both American women came off the beam.

  • Brazil's Rebeca Andrade bizarrely falls short, Italy's Alice D'Amato takes gold!

    What on earth? Andrade looked like she'd take gold with a clean routine, but instead she only gets a 13.933 and finishes fourth. That is absolutely bizarre, and it puts two Italians on the podium.

    GOLD: Alice D'Amato, Italy (14.366)

    SILVER: Zhou Yaqin, China (14.100)

    BRONZE: Manila Esposito, Italy (14.000)

  • A small irony

    After the twisties derailed her Tokyo program, Biles dug deep and managed to come away with a bronze in the balance beam. Then, in her triumphant return to the top of the sport in Paris, she falls and misses out on a gold medal that was extremely winnable.

  • Biles gets a 13.100, eliminating her from medal contention

    She does not look happy. Four of seven gymnasts have fallen so far, and now Brazil's Rebeca Andrade will go for gol with 14.366 being the score to beat.

  • Simone Biles comes off beam

    That's a heartbreaker for Biles, who had everything lined up in front of her. She recovers well, but now we'll see where she lands, and if she even makes the podium.

  • Here comes Simone Biles

    14.366 is the score to beat, with only Rebeca Andrade behind her.

  • Italy's Alice D'Amato moves into gold position with 14.366

    D'Amato had barely any missteps in a beautiful routine and now she's guaranteed a medal. She's in gold position with two gymnasts to go.

    Next up: Biles, Simone.

  • Sabrina Maneca-Voinea of Romania slips off twice, gets an 11.733

    We've had four slips off the beam through five gymnasts so far. The two cleanest so far both had significant wobbles. You could call that an open door for Biles, or an omen.

    Next up is Alice D'Amato, who has a medal well within reach with a clean routine.

  • Italy's Manila Esposito moves into second with (relatively) clean routine

    The Italian had maybe the cleanest routine so far, by which we mean she only had one big wobble. She gets a 14.000 and moves into silver position behind Zhou with four gymnasts to go, including Biles and Andrade.

  • Brazil's Julia Soares gets a 12.333 after coming off the beam

    It's been a rough start here at the balance beam, where we've had significant missteps by the first three competitors. It is a cruel, cruel apparatus.

  • Lee gets a 13.100

    Lee's Olympic program will likely end with a gold in the team competition and two bronzes in the all-around and uneven bars. A disappointing end, but a strong return given the kidney issues she had to fight.

  • Suni Lee falls from balance beam

    That's rough for Suni Lee. She was going well, then had her foot slip and fell off the beam on her hardest technique, a triple cartwheel. That will likely take her out of medal contention.

  • Zhou falters and gets a 14.100

    Biles, Andrade and Lee's job just got a little easier.

    Zhou was doing well until a wobble on her jump-spin, which caused her to have to put her hand down on the beam. She gets a 14.100, well worse than what both Biles and Andrade got in qualification.

  • China's Zhou Yaqin, top qualifier and 2023 world runner-up, hits the beam first

    Barring disaster, Biles was/is considered an overwhelming favorite in the all-around, the vault and the floor exercise. With her missing the final of the uneven bars, it's the balance beam that is the variable in her program, with two Olympic bronzes and last year's world championship gold.

    It's the 18-year-old Zhou who has the best chance to beat her, and she'll be up first.

  • Simone Biles final night in Paris, and possibly the Olympics, is an expensive ticket

  • Next up: balance beam

    Simone Biles and Sunisa Lee are both in the field on the balance beam, where they will compete with top qualifier Zhou Yaqin from China and all-around silver medalist Rebeca Andrade. A stacked group, in the event where Biles won her only individual medal in Tokyo amid her fight with the twisties.

  • Men's parallel bar finishes with Zou Jingyuan winning back-to-back golds

    GOLD: Zou Jingyuan, China (16.200)

    SILVER: Illia Kovtun, Ukraine (15.500)

    BRONZE: Oka Shinnosuke, Japan (15.300)

    Shinnosuke bumps Zheng on the final routine, but Zou comes through to defend his gold medal from Tokyo and bump China's gold total to an Olympics-leading 21.

  • China's Zou Jingyuan gets a 16.200

    As expected, the defending gold medalist blows away the competition with a 16.200. Ukraine's Illia Kovtun sits in silver position at 15.500 and China's Zheng Boheng is in bronze at 15.100.

    Two more gymnasts to go.

  • Men's parallel bars up first in final day of Olympic gymnastics

    Before Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee and Jordan Chiles take the floor, it will be the men's parallel bars up first in our last day of gymnastics of the Paris Games. China's Zou Jingyuan is considered the heavy favorite.