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Simone Biles has now left the arena, perhaps for the final time at an Olympics. She leaves behind some stunning images from her Paris residency.
Simone Biles was the star attraction early on day 10, but she could only add a silver to her existing haul of three golds in the finals of the balance beam and floor. She was the centre of attention nonetheless.
Although the American did not close out her Paris Olympics with a golden picturesque finish in a chaotic last day of artistic gymnastics, her final day of competition here was rather an exhibition of the sportsmanship and humanity that has accompanied her greatness. After a fall on the balance beam led to a fifth-place finish, Biles won a silver medal on the floor exercise.
With gold medals in the all-around, team and vault competitions, plus the silver medal on the floor exercise, the 27-year-old leaves Paris with four more Olympic medals. She is now the joint-second most decorated female gymnast at the Games with 11 medals in total and she has also extended her own record as the most decorated gymnast of all time, male or female, with 41 Olympic and world championship medals.
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