RIO DE JANEIRO _ Simone Biles went airborne to secure her fourth gold medal at the Olympics, soaring high on the floor exercise with an untouchable effort on Tuesday.
Her U.S. teammate Aly Raisman, the champion on the floor at the London Olympics, took the silver and 16-year-old Amy Tinkler of Great Britain, in a surprise, earned bronze.
The four golds for Biles came in the team event, the all-around final, the vault and the floor exercise. She has five medals, in all, having captured the bronze on the balance beam.
After the balance beam effort on Monday, Biles was asked how much she had left. The answer: More than enough.
She won by 0.466.
Biles scored 15.966 to Raisman's 15.500. Tinkler earned a score of 14.933.
Four women have won four gymnastic gold medals at a single games: Larisa Latynina in 1956, Vera Caslavska in 1968, Ekaterina Szabo of Romania in 1984 and now Biles.
