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Simone Biles complains about the atmosphere at the balance beam final

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By Sergio Silva

05 Aug 2024, 20:54 PM EDT

For Simone Biles the balance beam final of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games It was a rather awkward moment beyond her fall, which ended up depriving her of the opportunity to add a new gold medal in this event, from which she says goodbye with three golds.

The world gymnastics star said that she did not like the atmosphere at the Bercy Arena in Paris where the final took place, specifically during her performance on the rail, which she had no problem expressing.

“The most stressful apparatus is always the balance beam. We usually have music or background noise, whatever. And we do better in environments with that noise, because it feels like training. Today you could hear ringtones, camera clicks, whatever.”said.

American gymnast Simone Biles during her performance in the women's balance beam final of artistic gymnastics at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
American gymnast Simone Biles performs during the women’s balance beam final of artistic gymnastics at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Credit: Miguel Gutierrez | EFE

Simone BilesThe 27-year-old, who became the most decorated U.S. Olympic gymnast of all time with a total of 11 Olympic medals, seven of them gold, also left a strong message for fans.

“You try to stay in your zone but people start cheering and the whispers get louder. So they should really shut up, because they are louder than… I don’t know, it was really weird and awkward.”said the gymnast considered one of the great figures of these Olympic Games.

The American said that the situation she experienced on Monday is something that not only affects her but also happens to other gymnasts who have tried to resolve the situation in other ways but have not received a response from the sports authorities.

Simone Biles after falling off the balance beam during her performance in the final of this event held this Monday at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Simone Biles after falling off the balance beam during her performance in the final of this event held this Monday at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Credit: CAROLINE BREHMAN | EFE

“We asked several times to have some music, or some background noise. None of us enjoyed it… It was a strange bar final.”“, said Simone Biles surrounded by the media trying to capture her words and some images of the athlete.

The American sports star concluded by assuring that her words should not be misinterpreted and that she is not upset by this situation but rather the opposite for having had such an important performance in these Paris 2024 Olympic Games from which she leaves with three golds and one silver.

“I’m not really upset or anything about my performance at the Olympics. In fact, I’m really happy, proud, and even more excited that the stress of all this is over.”said Simone Biles, who days ago left in the air the possibility of competing in the next Olympic event in Los Angeles 2028.

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