--- title: Simone Biles Wins Bronze in Balance Beam at Tokyo Olympics description: Simone Biles earned the bronze medal in the balance beam final at the Tokyo Olympics after withdrawing for her safety and health canonical: https://time.com/6086667/simone-biles-balance-beam-gymnastic-tokyo-olympics/ author: Alice Park article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2021-08-03T09:20:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T00:54:25.000Z article:section: Sports og:title: Simone Biles Just Competed for the First Time in Tokyo. 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Take a look at all the medal winners._  by [Alice Park/Tokyo](https://time.com/author/alice-park/)  ## Alice Park/Tokyo Senior Correspondent Updated: Dec 12, 2023 12:54 AM UTCPublished: Aug 3, 2021 9:20 AM UTC  Simone Biles of Team USA competes during the Women's Balance Beam Final on day eleven of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Gymnastics Centre on August 03, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Simone Biles of Team USA competes during the Women's Balance Beam Final on day eleven of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Gymnastics Centre on August 03, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.Laurence Griffiths–Getty Images  by [Alice Park/Tokyo](https://time.com/author/alice-park/)  ## Alice Park/Tokyo Senior Correspondent Updated: Dec 12, 2023 12:54 AM UTCPublished: Aug 3, 2021 9:20 AM UTC It was probably the biggest question of the Tokyo Olympics — will she or won’t she? Will we see Simone Biles, the [greatest gymnast of all time](https://time.com/6075185/simone-biles-tokyo-olympics/), actually compete on the biggest stage of all? On Tuesday the world got its answer. Biles’ much-anticipated return to the Ariake Gymnastics Center proved worth the wait. Following a solid, though scaled-down version of her balance beam routine, she earned 14.0 points—good for the bronze medal, behind Chinese gymnasts Guan Chenchen, who won the gold, and Tang Xijing, who took silver. Biles competed for the first time at the Tokyo Summer Olympics after [pulling out of the first five scheduled gymnastics events](https://time.com/6084384/why-simone-biles-out-team-event-silver/) to prioritize [her mental well-being](https://time.com/6084499/simone-biles-mental-health-olympics/). Feeling the mounting pressures of expectations leading up to Tokyo, Biles said she needed to take a “mental break” and reset her mind and body before continuing. **READ MORE**: [_Simone Biles Returns With a Big Statement_](https://time.com/6086691/biles-returns-tokyo-olympics-bronze/) Her performance was classic Biles—confident, solid and impressive. Missing was the spectacular dismount named after her, a potentially dangerous double twisting double flip**,** but her execution was enough to earn 14.0 points, which put Biles in second with five more competitors to go. She held that position until the very last gymnasts, when she was knocked down to third. The new dismount was likely triggered by the fact that since withdrawing from the earlier events, Biles has posted on her social media that she has been [experiencing the twisties](https://time.com/6085776/simone-biles-twisties-gymnastics/), a condition in which gymnasts lose their orientation in the air and can’t control how much their body twists, or how they land. That makes Biles’ gravity-defying tumbling runs on floor, her difficult vaults and her dismount from the uneven bars potentially dangerous, so she decided not to compete in those events, and also chose to perform a less difficult dismount on the beam. ### **Read more about the Tokyo Olympics:** * [Naomi Osaka: ‘It’s O.K. to Not Be O.K.’](https://time.com/6077128/naomi-osaka-essay-tokyo-olympics/?utm%5Fsource=roundup&campaign=olympics) * [Motherhood Could Have Cost Olympian Allyson Felix. She Wouldn’t Let It](https://time.com/6077124/allyson-felix-tokyo-olympics?utm%5Fsource=roundup&campaign=olympics) * [Simone Biles’ Olympic Team Final Withdrawal Could Help Athletes Put Their Mental Health First](https://time.com/6084499/simone-biles-mental-health-olympics/?utm%5Fsource=roundup&campaign=olympics) * [‘Unapologetic and Unafraid.’ Sue Bird Stares Down Olympic Glory in Tokyo and Equity Off the Court](https://time.com/6077126/sue-bird-tokyo-olympics/?utm%5Fsource=roundup&campaign=olympics) * [Meet 6 Heroes Who Helped Battle COVID-19 Before Competing in the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics](https://time.com/6077122/tokyo-olympics-athletes-covid-19-frontlines/?utm%5Fsource=roundup&campaign=olympics) * [Here’s How Many Medals Every Country Has Won at the Tokyo Summer Olympics So Far](https://time.com/6083866/summer-olympics-medals-by-country-tokyo-2021/?utm%5Fsource=roundup&campaign=olympics) * [48 Athletes to Watch at the Tokyo Olympics](https://time.com/6077111/athletes-to-watch-toyko-olympics/?utm%5Fsource=roundup&campaign=olympics) * [The Olympic Refugee Team Was Created to Offer Hope. 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