This is why Simone Biles saluted the judges at length after her floor and beam penalty
Connor Murray
Forbes Staff
Murray is a Forbes news reporter covering entertainment trends.
After her silver-medal winning floor routine on Monday, Simone Biles turned to the judges, saluted longer than necessary and then left the floor with her arms raised, avoiding the controversial penalty she received earlier in the day for not saluting the judges enough during the beam final. Rhythmic gymnastics -Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day 10
Simone Bills has joined the judge’s greeting, but [+]
Leave the ground.
Birz was sentenced to a fine of 0.3 points in the balance finals, and confirmed his coach Cecil Randy to avoid welcoming the judges. The penalty upset gymnastics fans who felt his salute was enough. Courtney McGregor, a New Zealand gymnast who competed in the 2016 Olympics, called the penalty “so ridiculous” and posted screenshots and videos of Biles’ performance, saying his salute was “pretty close.”
After coming off the balance beam, Biles raised her hands in the air as if she was going to salute, but quickly let them go when she turned to face the judges, a video of her routine showed.
In the floor exercise final a few hours later, Biles held her arms in the air for a few seconds toward the judges and continued to hold them in the air as she left the ground. “I need to make sure I don’t screw this up next time!” Biles’ husband, Chicago Bears player Jonathan Owens, wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
After Monday’s final, Randi told reporters that Biles’ long salute was meant to protect her from a similar deduction. User
What does the regulation say? Gymnasts must “present themselves correctly (raise their hands) and greet the D1 judge at the start of their practice and greet the same judge at the end of their practice,” according to judging rules issued by the International Gymnastics Federation, the sport’s governing body.
Did Biles’ point deduction cost her a medal? No. Even if Biles had not been penalized 0.3 points for the salute, she would not have been able to medal in the beam final. She fell off the beam during her program, which would have resulted in her score being too low on the leaderboard and therefore a much larger full point deduction. Randy said the penalty of salvation said it was “a bit hard,” but she said, “It wasn’t a problem in the end,” she said, “I won’t have a big problem.” Best won 13.1 in the beam, finished fifth, and recorded 14.0 behind the Italian bronze medalist Manila Esposit. The Italian gymnast Alice of Amato, his teammate, gained gold in the 14.366 score, and Yakin in China earned 14.1. Vyles’ teammates, Sni Lee, also participated in the bundle final, but dropped the aircraft, marked 13.1 and finished sixth.
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Viles just missed the recovery of gold medals for ground practice, and she won the Olympics for the 2016 Monday 2016. She finished second with a score of 14.133, taking silver behind Biles’ closest rival Rebeca Andrade of Brazil, who scored 14.166. Biles’ teammate Jordan Chiles won the bronze medal with a score of 13.766. Big number
- That’s the number of Olympic medals Biles has won in her career. She won four medals in Paris: team events gold, multipurpose individuals, jump finals, and silver on the ground. The ground routine was the last bile event at the Parisiang Games.
This is why Simone Biles saluted the judges at length after her floor and beam penalty
Connor Murray
Forbes Staff
Murray is a Forbes news reporter covering entertainment trends.
After her silver-medal winning floor routine on Monday, Simone Biles turned to the judges, saluted longer than necessary and then left the floor with her arms raised, avoiding the controversial penalty she received earlier in the day for not saluting the judges enough during the beam final. Rhythmic gymnastics -Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day 10
Simone Bills has joined the judge’s greeting, but [+]
Leave the ground.
Birz was sentenced to a fine of 0.3 points in the balance finals, and confirmed his coach Cecil Randy to avoid welcoming the judges. The penalty upset gymnastics fans who felt his salute was enough. Courtney McGregor, a New Zealand gymnast who competed in the 2016 Olympics, called the penalty “so ridiculous” and posted screenshots and videos of Biles’ performance, saying his salute was “pretty close.”
After coming off the balance beam, Biles raised her hands in the air as if she was going to salute, but quickly let them go when she turned to face the judges, a video of her routine showed.
In the floor exercise final a few hours later, Biles held her arms in the air for a few seconds toward the judges and continued to hold them in the air as she left the ground. “I need to make sure I don’t screw this up next time!” Biles’ husband, Chicago Bears player Jonathan Owens, wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
After Monday’s final, Randi told reporters that Biles’ long salute was meant to protect her from a similar deduction. User
What does the regulation say? Gymnasts must “present themselves correctly (raise their hands) and greet the D1 judge at the start of their practice and greet the same judge at the end of their practice,” according to judging rules issued by the International Gymnastics Federation, the sport’s governing body.
Did Biles’ point deduction cost her a medal? No. Even if Biles had not been penalized 0.3 points for the salute, she would not have been able to medal in the beam final. She fell off the beam during her program, which would have resulted in her score being too low on the leaderboard and therefore a much larger full point deduction. Randy said the penalty of salvation said it was “a bit hard,” but she said, “It wasn’t a problem in the end,” she said, “I won’t have a big problem.” Best won 13.1 in the beam, finished fifth, and recorded 14.0 behind the Italian bronze medalist Manila Esposit. The Italian gymnast Alice of Amato, his teammate, gained gold in the 14.366 score, and Yakin in China earned 14.1. Vyles’ teammates, Sni Lee, also participated in the bundle final, but dropped the aircraft, marked 13.1 and finished sixth.
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Viles just missed the recovery of gold medals for ground practice, and she won the Olympics for the 2016 Monday 2016. She finished second with a score of 14.133, taking silver behind Biles’ closest rival Rebeca Andrade of Brazil, who scored 14.166. Biles’ teammate Jordan Chiles won the bronze medal with a score of 13.766. Big number
- That’s the number of Olympic medals Biles has won in her career. She won four medals in Paris: team events gold, multipurpose individuals, jump finals, and silver on the ground. The ground routine was the last bile event at the Parisiang Games.
