Gymnastics at the Olympics: Biles takes bronze on the balance beam in his comeback

On her return to the Olympic gymnastics stage, superstar Simone Biles won the bronze medal on the balance beam.

After their break due to mental problems, only the Chinese Guan Chenchen (14.633 points) and Tang Xijing (14.233) were stronger than the record world champion from the USA (14,000).

Because of her current difficulties with rotations around the longitudinal axis, the 24-year-old did without any kind of screws.

This reduced the difficulty of her exercise, but the four-time Olympic champion from Rio de Janeiro in 2016 was able to compensate for this shortcoming by performing her elements very precisely.

In the qualification, Biles had shown the fourth best exercise, five years ago in Rio she also won the bronze medal at the "Zitterbalken".

With her 32nd medal at the Olympic Games and World Championships, the Texan equalized Larissa Latynina's (USSR) record.