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American gymnastics star Simone Biles was knocked out of the uneven bars event, but qualified for every other possible final at the Paris Games. Biles’ score held up for most of the qualifying round, but in the final routine of the day, she was knocked out of the uneven bars final, her least favourite event, by reigning Olympic bars champion, Nina Derwael of Belgium. She will still contest gold in team, all-around, vault, beam and floor events. Biles was given a huge welcome by fans in Paris as she began her Olympics with a strong performance on the beam and floor. But she was then seen limpin…

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