Simone Biles won’t be the first female gymnast to win five gold medals at one Olympics.
The all-around champion took bronze on balance beam Monday. She nearly fell after one flip, and had to bend down and hold onto the beam with her hands.
Teammate Laurie Hernandez, 16, won the silver.
Biles can still join Ecaterina Szabo (1984), Vera Caslavska (1968) and Larisa Latynina (1956) as a four-time gold medalist with Tuesday’s floor final. She’s a three-time world champion on that event.
Though Biles has won the last two world titles on beam, this was the event where her five-gold streak was considered most vulnerable. The beam, after all, is just 4 inches wide and 4 feet off the ground, meaning even the slightest misstep can cost a gymnast big.
Sanne Wevers of The Netherlands won the gold.
