Hernandez, Biles win balance beam medals at 2016 Olympic Games

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RIO DE JANEIRO – Laurie Hernandez of Old Bridge, N.J./MG Elite, and Simone Biles of Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre, won the silver and bronze medals, respectively, on balance beam at the 2016 Olympic Games, held at the Rio Olympic Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Competition concludes tomorrow with the final day of individual event finals, scheduled for 2 p.m. local time.

The U.S. gymnasts competing on the last day of event finals are: floor exercise – Biles and Aly Raisman of Needham, Mass./Brestyan’s American Gymnastics; parallel bars – Danell Leyva of Miami/Team Hilton (Universal Gymnastics); and horizontal bar – Leyva and Sam Mikulak of Newport Coast, Calif./Team Hilton (U.S. Olympic Training Center).

Hernandez was nearly flawless in her beam routine, which included a front pike; back handspring,