The American gymnast Simone Biles increased her reputation at the 2016 Rio Olympics by winning her third gold medal in the Brazilian event with a victory in the vault final.

Biles delivered another amazing performance at the Olympic Arena and claimed the victory with a score of 15.966, surpassing the Russian Maria Paseka, who won bronze in the 2012 London Olympics in this apparatus and was leading the final with 15.253 until the American's performance.

The podium was completed by the Swiss Indian Giulia Steingruber with 15.216, who preceded the Indian Dipa Karmakar, who executed a 'produnova', the most difficult vault, and finished with a score of 15.066.

The Uzbekistani Oksana Chusovitina, 41 years old, also attempted a 'produnova', the only 7-difficulty vault. She didn't execute it perfectly, but the audience appreciated her effort. She finished in seventh place with 14.833.