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Simone Biles Wins A Bronze Medal In The Women’s Balance Beam–Earning Her 7th Olympic Medal

<p>On Tuesday Simone Biles made her return to the floor to compete during the Women&&num;8217&semi;s Balance Beam&comma; and her return to the competition was definitely one for the books as she walked away with her seventh Olympic medal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Simone earned a bronze medal after competing on the balance beam&period; Adding the medal to her collection has caused her to make history once again&period; She is now tied with Shannon Miller as the most decorated U&period;S&period; gymnast&period; Of the seven medals that each gymnast holds&comma; Simone has a total of four gold medals and Shannon has two&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;espn&period;com&sol;olympics&sol;story&sol;&lowbar;&sol;id&sol;31928593&sol;olympic-gymnastics-updates-simone-biles-wins-bronze-beam-last-day-event-finals">ESPN<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; Simone finished with a performance score of 14&period;000 after performing third in the event&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;sports&period;yahoo&period;com&sol;simone-biles-bronze-medal-balance-beam-return-tokyo-olympics-094422321&period;html">Yahoo Sports<&sol;a><&sol;em> reports that Simone spoke about her performance and said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;I was just happy to be able to perform regardless of the outcome&period; I did it for me and I was happy to be able to compete one more time … Training for five years and coming here and kind of being triggered and not being able to do anything wasn’t fun&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1422488180406751245" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As we <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;simone-biles-withdraws-from-final-tokyo-olympics-team-event-due-to-a-mental-health-issue&sol;">previously<&sol;a><&sol;em> reported&comma; last week Simone made the decision to withdraw from her team&&num;8217&semi;s final competition and other individual events as she placed her focus on her mental health after experiencing the &&num;8220&semi;twisties&period;&&num;8221&semi; The twisties are described as a &&num;8220&semi;dangerous disconnect between the mind and body that causes gymnasts to become disoriented in the air during twisting skills&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She was met with support from all over and applauded for prioritizing her mental health&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Want updates directly in your text inbox&quest; 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