PARIS (Reuters) -Simone Biles missed out on a medal in the balance beam event but will have another shot at winning another Olympic medal in the floor exercise finals later on Monday on the last day of artistic gymnastics competition at the Paris Games.
Earlier, Laura Lindemann won a thrilling sprint finish to give Germany gold in the Olympic triathlon mixed relay, out-kicking the United States and Britain after highly-fancied France were scuppered by a bike crash on the first of four legs.
In total, 20 gold medals are up for grabs on Monday, including in 3×3 basketball, surfing, badminton and shooting.
Here’s what you need to know about the Olympics on Monday.
LAST CHANCE TO CATCH BILES IN ACTION
American Biles placed fifth in the women’s gymnastics balance beam event, won by Italian Alice D’Amato. Already the most decorated gymnast in history, Biles is the favorite on floor, which is scheduled to take place at 14:23 (12:23 GMT).
China’s Zou Jingyuan handily beat his rivals to retain the Olympic parallel bars title, picking up his third medal of the Paris Games and giving his country a second gymnastics title.
TRIATHLON
Germany won the Olympic triathlon mixed relay.
There was a photo-finish for second place, initially announced for Britain and then switched to the United States, though neither team were aware of the change until they were lining up in the wrong places for the medal presentation.
France finished fourth.
Australia’s triathletes have been taking medicines to combat E.coli for a month, the team doctor said, amid concerns over pollution levels in the river Seine.
ATHLETICS
Norway’s Karsten Warholm cruised through his 400 meters hurdles heat, setting himself on a collision course with key rivals Rai Benjamin of the United States and Brazilian Alison dos Santos in his Olympic title defense.
Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic opened her assault on the Olympic women’s 400 meters title, clocking the quickest time of Monday morning’s preliminary round in near-perfect conditions at Stade de France.
The world record is always under threat when Armand Duplantis steps into an arena and fans will hope to watch the Swedish Olympic champion pole vaulter make history again in the men’s final.
BADMINTON GOLD FOR SOUTH KOREA
South Korea’s An Se-young beat He Bingjiao of China to capture the badminton women’s singles gold medal at the Port de La Chapelle Arena.
SURFING FOR GOLD
Gabriel Medina goes into the Games’ finals on Monday as favorite to win gold as the Brazilian looks to add surfing’s rarest prize to his glittering career and to a viral Olympic moment earlier in the competition.
Medina, already a superstar back home, shot to new levels of international fame a week ago when a photograph of him kicking off a wave – seemingly levitating a meter above the water, arm extended and finger pointing to the sky – went global.
KAYAK CROSS OLYMPIC DEBUT
The first ever medals in kayak cross will be handed out at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium, with the quarter-finals, semis and finals all taking place on Monday afternoon.
LYLES BY A WHISKER
After all the talk and all the hype, Noah Lyles delivered when it mattered most late on Sunday when he won a superlative Olympic 100 meters final by five thousandths of a second to give the United States the title for the first time in 20 years.
(Compiled by Ingrid Melander and Rachel Armstrong; Editing by Peter Rutherford and Ken Ferris)
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