PARIS, Aug 5, (AP): American gymnast Simone Biles didn't get the golden sendoff she sought.
Biles earned silver in the floor exercise finals on Monday - her fourth medal in Paris and 11th Olympic medal overall - after a routine that included a couple of costly steps out of bounds.

Brazil's Rebeca Andrade became the first gymnast to beat Biles in a floor final in a major international competition, posting a score of 14.166 that finished just ahead of Biles at 14.133.
Jordan Chiles, a longtime friend and teammate of Biles, earned the bronze.
The 27-year-old Biles considered the greatest in the sport's history, wasn’t at her usual best during a routine set to music from pop icons Taylor Swift and Beyonce.

She's going home with gold medals from the team, all-around and vault finals, and a silver that came as a surprise in her signature event.
"I can’t be more proud of how I’ve done," Biles said. "I’m 27 years old walking away from this Games with four medals to add to my collection. Not mad about it.”

Biles' overall medal total (including seven gold, two silver, two bronze) ties Czechoslovakia’s Vera Caslavska for the second-most female gymnast in Olympic history. She missed a chance to add a fifth Paris medal earlier Monday when she fell during the beam final, finishing fifth.

Though she can make it look easy at times, it is not. She thudded to the mat during her floor warm-up and had the balky left calf she tweaked in qualifying last week re-wrapped before she competed.
Her tumbling passes weren’t perfect - she stepped out of bounds twice - but her difficulty is usually so far above everyone else that it hardly matters.

Not this time. She received a 7.833 execution score that included 0.6 in deductions for stepping out of bounds, allowing Andrade to win her second Olympic gold.
Still, wearing a red-white-and-blue leotard featuring thousands of crystals, Biles ended nine days of competition in Paris by silencing the critics once and for all who have long derided her for pulling out of multiple events at the Tokyo Games three years ago.
"I’ve accomplished way (more than I thought I would)," she said. "A couple of years ago, I didn’t think I’d be back here.”

Chiles - the last competitor of the day - initially received a 13.666 from judges. After some delay, her total was boosted by 0.1 when she filed an inquiry about the difficulty component of her score. That pushed Chiles past Romanians Ana Barbosa and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea and into third.
Biles said after winning the vault final on Saturday that she noticed her haters were "really quiet now, so that’s strange.”

This is in contrast to the constant roar of support that followed Biles wherever she went inside Bercy Arena, which has become a hub for celebrities from across the spectrum - including former NFL great Tom Brady on Monday - whenever she performs.