'Oh my gosh': Heart-stopping Simone Biles moment stuns Olympics
Simone Biles showed she is human after all after a rare slip in her first floor routine at the Tokyo Olympics, despite recovering to shock everyone with a remarkable score.
Biles came into the Olympics with the world hoping to see the greatest gymnast of all-time finish her career on a high.
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The four-time gold medalist took to the floor routine in Tokyo and was setting the arena alight.
But in a very rare moment, Biles slipped out of bounds after two tumbling passes.
The moment had fans around the world stunned, which shows the lofty standards the remarkable American has set.
However, Biles showed why she is the greatest after finishing her routine with aplomb and was rewarded with the second highest scores from the judges.
But the drama wasn't over.
Simone Biles makes second 'mistake'
Only moments later, Biles stepped off the mat after a below-par vault.
Biles appeared to miss her spring when launching and lost her direction in the air.
The American showed a wry smile after the slip and shared a laugh with her coach.
However, once again, Biles produced a surreal effort in her second attempt.
Fans couldn't get over the remarkable effort from Biles after the rare mistakes.
#Simone keeps her first two tumbling passes in bounds but winds up way out on her third. Nails the fourth.
She ended with a 14.133 putting her in second.
U.S. team hopefully getting some jitters out on that first apparatus.#USA #Tokyo2020 #ArtisticGymnastics #SimoneBiles— Danielle Barilla (@barilladanielle) July 25, 2021
Even though she went out of bounds on a very powerful pass, Simone Biles still managed a score of 14.133 on floor. #ArtisticGymnastics #OlympicGames @CBCOlympics
— Sonali Karnick (@sonalikarnick) July 25, 2021
Oh no Simone Biles went off the mat ! Superstar routine - her difficulty score will be insane but 14.1 on floor not her usual . Gymnastics Queen ❤️ #Olympics
— Sarah Macdonald 💉💉 (@sarahvmac) July 25, 2021
it’s the fact Simone Biles STILL got a 14.133 after LAUNCHING out of bounds?! what a legend.
— MK (@recklesslyMK) July 25, 2021
OMG Simone Biles made a mistake!! She is a human afterall. 14.133. Hopefully that’ll be enough for he to qualify for the event final.🤞🏼
— i- (@lndra__) July 25, 2021
Simone Biles just went so hard on the mat she fell out of bounds
— Andy (@ndyjohnson) July 25, 2021
simone biles is the wildest athlete ive ever watched bc im sitting here thinking about how bad she's looked and she's still putting up 🐐 scores bc she's doing impossible shit in the first place lmao
— Matt Ellentuck (@mellentuck) July 25, 2021
Simone biles going that far out of bounds shouldn’t be surprising at this point 😂 she has soo much power it’s INSANE
— anahi (@thisisanahii) July 25, 2021
#SimoneBiles did her floor routine to the Tokyo Drift theme and just give her the gold now. #Olympics
— Stick to Sporks (@OhHerro) July 25, 2021
that Simone Biles routine was ridiculous 🤯
— ✨⁴ (@beyslias) July 25, 2021
Simone Biles is from another galaxy, but Vanessa. That floor routine ❤️ #ArtisticGymnastics #Olympics
— Sara Bresciani (@SaraBresciani31) July 25, 2021
#SimoneBiles is too good. Should just rename gymnastics after her
— Swaroop Swaminathan (@arseinho) July 25, 2021
Biles is widely regarded as the the greatest gymnast ever having collected a remarkable four Olympic gold medals and 19 World Championship gold medals at the age of 24.
The 4'8 American superstar is preparing for one final run in Tokyo, which Biles penned in as her last Games before she retires from the rigorous sport.
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