Simone Biles of the United States earned a bronze and Canada’s Ellie Black finished in a close fourth in the balance beam final. Here’s what you missed on Day 11 of the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Day: August 3, 2021
A Belarusian activist living in exile in Ukraine was found hanged in a park near his home in Kyiv early on Tuesday, and Ukrainian police said they had launched a murder case.
Simone Biles stuck the landing. The American gymnastics superstar won bronze during the balance beam final on Tuesday, a week after she took herself out of several competitions to focus on her mental health.
Simone Biles made her return to competition to pick up bronze with a score of 14.000, with China’s Guan Chenchen capturing gold and fellow Chinese gymnast Xijing Tang claiming silver in the women’s balance beam final on Tuesday.
Canada’s women’s track cycling team pursuit squad fell just shy of a third consecutive bronze medal, falling to the U.S. on Tuesday at the Izu Velodrome.