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Biles upstaged by Andrade in floor final at Games

Artistic Gymnastics - Women's Floor Exercise Final

From left, Rebeca Andrade of Brazil and Simone Biles of the United States.

PARIS � It definitely was not the ending Simone Biles was expecting as she was surprisingly upstaged in the floor exercise final by Brazilian gymnast Rebeca Andrade � but a silver medal on Monday capped the American's remarkable Olympic comeback.    

Stepping out of bounds with both feet at the end of two of her four tumbling passes meant she missed out on the top prize in the floor final, with the sixth tenths of a point penalty she incurred making the difference between gold and silver. 





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