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Gymnasts have a saying: "I just want to go four for four." It means getting through all four events in an all-around competition without any major mistakes, and gymnasts claim it's more important to them than the scores or rankings.
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Simone Biles had gone three for three in the first week of the Olympics, picking up team, all-around and vault gold. But her hopes of adding a fourth gold on the balance beam ended when Biles got off balance on a front flip and had to grab the beam to hold on.
The big deductions for Biles' error left her with a score of 14.733 and ultimately with a bronze medal.
The gold medalist was Sanne Wevers of the Netherlands, who didn't have the high-powered tumbling skills of the American medalists but shone with a mix of tricky spins and leaps to maximize her score. She scored 15.466 to win the first Olympic individual medal of any color for a Dutch woman.
Laurie Hernandez of the U.S. finished third. The 16-year-old is making her Olympic debut in Rio and recently turned professional.
The final rankings were:
1. Sanne Wevers: 15.466
2. Laurie Hernandez: 15.333
3. Simone Biles: 14.733
4. Flavia Saraiva:
5. Marine Boyer: 14.600
6. Fan Yilin: 14.500
7. Catalina Ponor: 14.000
8. Isabela Onyshko: 13.4000