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Kaylia Nemour has won Algeria’s first ever Olympic gymnastics medal after grabbing gold in the women’s uneven bars. The 17-year-old, second in the world championships last year, was born in France so was given a rapturous reception at the Bercy Arena in Paris as she scored a huge 15.700 points. World champion Qiu Qiyuan, also 17, managed a perfect dismount for 15.500 and silver while American Sunisa Lee seized bronze to edge out Tokyo champion Nina Derwael of Belgium. US great Simone Biles did not qualify for the final of the bars, her least favourite apparatus, but is already on three golds i…

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