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Biles was not the only one making compensate for near misses and past disappointments on the final day of competition.

A day after a slipped foot off the balance beam dashed the American's hopes of leaving Rio with a record haul of five golds for a female gymnast she was back to her hip-shaking best to clinch the floor title with 15.966 points.

No one would have guessed that Simone Biles legs felt like rocks as the standout gymnast of the 2016 Olympics soared higher and higher to win a record-equaling fourth gold.

It was not just those who were standing on the top of the podium who were celebrating at the Rio Games

After a bronze and silver at the last two Olympics, flamboyant showman Fabian Hambuechen was finally leaping with joy as he became the first German gymnast in 20 years to strike gold with an electrifying routine on the horizontal bar.

Hence when her five-gold dream disappeared on Monday after she had to grab the beam with both hands to avoid slipping off completely there was a sense of anti-climax hanging in the air even though she had already won three golds.

 

If the 19-year-old could not have a gymnastics record outright, there was no way she was going to miss out on at least having a share of a landmark.