Simone Biles' dream of becoming the first woman to ever win five gold medals at one Olympic Games is over as she lost the balance beam final to the Netherlands' Sanee Wevers. Biles did however come away with the bronze medal and her teammate Laurie Hernandez won silver.

The reason Biles lost was because she lost her balance during a front flip and put her hands on the beam when she wasn't supposed to. Although she didn't fall off completely, touching the beam with one's hands something that is now considered by gymnastics' governing body to be worth the same deduction as a complete fall.

At the start of the element, it all looked fine, as Biles took off from the beam well.

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Her rotation in the air was good as well.


However, upon landing, it seemed as if her feet were too far off center.


So she naturally tried to adjust to compensate for her wobble.


Unfortunately, it wasn't enough, and Biles was forced to put her hands on the beam to avoid falling off entirely.


To reiterate, gymnastics judges count this "forced balancing" as the same as an actual fall, and deduct the same amount from the gymnast's score.

However, even though Biles lost a full point off her total score, she still scored well enough to win the bronze medal, pointing to her overwhelming talent.