Olympic 2016 Results: Tuesday's Medal Winners, Highlights for Each Event
Medals were handed out all over Rio de Janeiro at the 2016 Summer Olympics on Tuesday.
Simone Biles bounced back from her surprising bronze on the balance beam with a gold on the floor. Her teammate, Aly Raisman, grabbed the silver.
In men's gymnastics, Ukraine's Oleg Verniaiev won the parallel bars. American Danell Leyva won the silver. Leyva also got the silver in the horizontal bar, with Germany's Fabian Hambuchen winning the gold.
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In track and field, the men's triple jump, high jump and 110-meter hurdles were all decided.
To stay up to speed with all the action, see the live-updating medal count below.
Dominant Gymnastics Performance
Behind the all-around greatness of Simone Biles and her teammates on both the men's and women's side of these games, Team USA had its best gymnastics showing ever.
According to Will Graves of the Associated Press, the nine medals secured by American gymnasts was the team's biggest Olympics haul ever:
For Biles, her performance in the floor routine was a reminder of where she stands among gymnasts round the world.
After slipping on the balance beam and taking bronze on Monday, she dominated her competitors on the floor. The score wasn't even close, per NBC's Samantha Peszek:
Fellow American Danell Leyva won two silvers on Tuesday, adding to the bronze he won in the all-around at the 2012 games in London.
Back-to-Back Golds in the Triple Jump
Christian Taylor, who won gold in the men's triple jump at the 2012 Olympics, successfully defended his crown on Tuesday with a winning jump of 17.86 meters.
His teammate, Will Claye, took the silver for the second straight games.
"To do this with my brother, it’s a dream come true," Taylor said to NBC's Lewis Johnson, per NBCOlympics.com's Seth Rubinroit.
Taylor's dream come true was something that hasn't happened since the turn of the 20th century, per ESPN Stats & Info:
More Gold for Jamaica
In the men's 110-meter hurdles, Jamaican Omar McLeod secured gold with a run of 13.05 seconds. His run earned a congratulations from his nation's prime minister, Andrew Holness:
It was the first gold in this event for Jamaica, and its Olympic team acknowledged the historic run:
The small island nation in the Caribbean already owns the world in sprints that don't require jumping over things. It looks like its world-class runners are branching out.
For complete coverage and live results, stick with Bleacher Report throughout the 2016 Games in Rio.
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