It was an odd beam final’: Simone Biles reacts to disastrous event final at Olympics… See more

The star gymnast Simone Biles spoke to reporters after the competition, which was full of falls and uncharacteristic misses from multiple competitors.

The beam final at the 2024 Paris Olympics left the gymnastics world stunned, with multiple uncharacteristic falls, including from both Team USA stars Simone Biles and Suni Lee.

But why was this year’s final such a disaster compared to years past?

Multiple gymnasts, including Biles, revealed why they thought this year felt “weird” and “awkward.”

Beam final is always the most stressful. But usually, we have like music or background noise, whatever that may be,” Biles told the media after the competition.

“Honestly, we do better in environments when there’s noise going on because it feels most like practice. So today, you could hear some of the Android ringtones going off, the photo clickers, whatever that was.”

Biles, 27, went on to mention she could hear fans in the audience shushing during the competition, saying music would have helped mask the silence.

Biles wasn’t the only gymnast to notice how quiet the arena was on Sunday. Lee also voiced her thoughts about the silence after the competition.

“It was too quiet. I could literally hear myself breathing,” Lee told reporters. “You could feel the tension in the room. I mean, the crowd shushing us for cheering. We did not like that, just because it’s just so silent in there. I love hearing my teammates cheer for me.”

Biles finished with the same score as Lee, whose hopes for gold on the beam, ended in the middle of her routine when she fell during the end of her acro series, just like Biles did a few minutes later.