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Simone Biles, of the United States, competes during the women’s artistic gymnastics individual vault finals at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Simone Biles wraps up her 2024 Olympics gymnastics competition by seeking more gold in the balance beam and floor excercises Monday.

 

How to watch: Today’s first competion, the balance beam, begins at 12:38 p.m. CEST (6:38 a.m. EDT). You can watch the event live on NBC or stream it on the Peacock app.
How gymnastics scoring works: Each score is divided into two parts. The difficulty or “D-score” is what a gymnast does. The execution or “E” score is how well they do it. A 15 or better, and you’re pretty much assured of a gold medal.
Biles’ wins so far: The 27-year-old gymnast dominated the first week of the Olympics by winning three gold medals in front of star-studded crowds.

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File-This Aug. 9, 2019, file photo shows Simone Biles competing on the beam during the senior women’s competition at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships, in Kansas City, Mo. Biles is the 2019 AP Female Athlete of the Year. She is the first gymnast to win the award twice and the first to win it in a non-Olympic year. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Biles will start on beam, where she has two Olympic bronzes that evoked entirely different emotions. She slipped but didn’t quite fall during the final in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, a deduction that left her a little annoyed at the end of a Games where she finished with four golds (team, all-around, vault and floor exercise).

Things were far different five years later in Tokyo. She returned for the finals after an extended break to focus on her mental health and put together a steady if slightly watered down routine to win the seventh Olympic medal, one she called at the time maybe the sweetest of her career.

This is the final day of gymnastics at the Paris Olympics, with two men’s and two women’s events on tap.

Men’s parallel bars begin at 11:45 a.m. CEST/5:45 a.m. EDT.
All-around champion Simone Biles and fellow American Sunisa Lee compete in the women’s balance beam at 12:35 p.m. CEST/6:35 a.m. EDT.
Men’s horizontal bar starts at 1:30 p.m. CEST/7:30 a.m. EDT.
Biles, U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles and Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade wrap up with the women’s floor exercise at 2:20 p.m. CEST/8:20 a.m. EDT.

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Simone Biles of United State, competes on the balance beam during a women’s gymnastics qualification round at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

If Biles wins both titles on beam and floor, she will tie the record for most Olympic gold medals by any female athlete in any sport, joining gymnast Larisa Latynina and swimmer Katie Ledecky.

Biles’ gold medal on vault on Sunday brought her tally to seven. Michael Phelps stands as the most decorated Olympian in history, with 23 gold medals.

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Simone Biles, of the United States, celebrates with her GOAT necklace after winning the gold medal during the women’s artistic gymnastics all-around finals in Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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Simone Biles, of the United States, celebrates with teammates after winning the gold medal during the women’s artistic gymnastics team finals round at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

The 27-year-old Simone Biles is in the finals on both the floor exercise and the balance beam. She already has two Olympic bronze medals on beam, where she is also a four-time world champion.

The surer bet for gold is on floor, where she’s never lost an event final in a major international competition during her long career. Biles is 7-for-7 between the Olympics and world championships on her signature event.