Simone Biles had the perfect response for those upset she won't win 5 gold medals at Olympics
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Powerhouse gymnast Simone Biles faltered Monday when she stumbled on the balance beam during her routine. The slip up may have cost her the gold, but the 19-year-old Olympic athlete still managed to score high enough to bring home the bronze for US.
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A gold medal, which would have been Biles' fourth of the Rio Games, would have brought her one step closer to a historic achievement: Biles would have been on track to earn the most gold medals by a female gymnast at a single games.
After receiving the bronze, it seemed as if all media could focus on was that Biles would have to "settle" for less than perfection at the games.
Here's a quick look at headlines that started rolling in after Biles's slight Monday:
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Though aware of her mistake, Biles is taking it in stride.
According to Associated Press sportswriter Will Graves, here's what Biles makes of missing out on a potential five gold medals at Rio; her answer alone is golden:
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Simone: "I think you guys want (5 golds) more than i do. i just want to perform the routines that i practice."
The quote reads, "I think you guys want (5 golds) more than i do. i just want to perform the routines that i practice."
"I'm not disappointed in the medal that I received because anyone would love to have a bronze at an Olympics Games," Biles also told the AP. "But I'm disappointed in the routine that I did and not so much the whole entire routine, just the front tuck I guess. Because the rest of the routine was pretty good."
Her Snapchat post also suggests she's pretty pleased.
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@Simone_Biles Queen! ???????????????? pic.twitter.com/u6Z13h5UFL
The caption reads: "falls on beam gets bronze ❤️ #olympics 4th olympic medal ayeee"
Biles' coach, Aimee Boorman, noted that the gymnast is human. Mistakes happen.
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Let's get something straight. Even winning four gold medals at one Olympics is no small feat. Only 10 people, nine of them male, have won five or more medals at one Olympics.
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Michael Phelps won the most golds at a single Olympics when he took home eight in Beijing in 2008. (But, remember, this is Phelps we're talking about.) Kristin Otto, the only woman with at least five gold medals at a single Olympics, won six while swimming for East Germany in 1988.
So who's to say four isn't great as well?
Biles is a young Olympian who can pull off a flawless floor routine, soaring high into the sky without making it look too difficult.
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It's OK, Biles. You're still the most dominant athlete in the game to us.
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