Simone Biles was left fuming with Olympics fans for ‘shushing’ in the middle of her balance beam routine on Monday after a rare mistake saw her miss out on a medal.
Biles failed to make it onto the podium for the first time at this summer’s Paris Games after she briefly lost her footing and was forced to step off the beam.
As a result, the American gymnastics legend did not add to her tally of three gold medals after receiving a disappointing score of 13.100.
Biles’ USA teammate Suni Lee, who suffered a more disastrous fall when she came flying off the beam at the end of her routine, revealed that both of them were thrown off by the ‘tense’ atmosphere inside Bercy Arena.
As they cheered their teammates on, Lee claims athletes were subjected to ‘shushing’ noises on the sidelines with the crowd urging them to be quiet.
‘Me and Simone were like, “Why are they shushing?” Like, we’re just trying to cheer,’ Lee said after her own unsuccessful outing on the beam.
‘But yeah, [Biles] came off and she was like, “I don’t know why they were shushing in the middle of my routine.”‘
When television cameras cut to her after the routine, Biles appeared to be asking her coach why fans were shushing in the middle of it.
Simone Biles was left fuming with Olympics fans for ‘shushing’ during her beam routine
