Rio 2016 gymnastic results: Simone Biles wins gold medal in women’s vault

Simone Biles of the United States took the gold medal in the women’s individual gymnastics vault competition. Maria Paseka of Russia ended up in second, while Giulia Steingruber of Switzerland earned the bronze. Paseka finished with a 15.253 and Steingruber at 15.216, while Biles had a score of 15.966, crushing the competition.

Yan Wang of China went fifth in the event, and she managed to take the top spot after scoring a 15.133 in her second attempt, a 14.999 overall. But she was quickly overtaken by Steingruber, who put up a score of 15.066. Dipa Karmakar of India attempted the Produnova maneuver, earning herself the second spot with two more to go, but she was pushed out by the next two competitors.

Biles went into this event having won multiple world championship gold medals on the balance beam and floor exercise, but never won a major championship in the vault. She finished behind Hong Un-Jong and Paseka in the vault at the 2015 World Championships, and faced them again on Sunday.

Oksana Chusovitina was also part of the competition, participating in her seventh Olympic Games at age 41.

Biles will have two more opportunities at individual gold after helping the United States to the team all-around gold and winning the individual all-around gold. She is set to compete in the balance beam finals on Monday and the floor exercise finals on Tuesday. She will be competing with compatriot Aly Raisman in the floor exercise and Laurie Hernandez in the balance beam.

Gabby Douglas and Madison Kocian are the other Team USA women competing in individual competition, with the uneven bars competition also on Sunday.