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Olympics 2024: Simone Biles suffers major upset on floor exercise

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PARIS — On what was supposed to be (likely) her Olympic finale, Simone Biles finally showed her age. At least a little.

The 27-year-old, the oldest American female gymnast to compete at the Olympics since the 1950s, fell off the beam in that event final and then couldn’t overcome what appeared to be tightness in her back and soreness in her left calf in the floor final.