Simone Biles wins vault for third gold of Paris Games

PARIS -- Simone Biles won the vault final on Saturday to clinch her third gold medal of the Paris Games, dominating the competition with her signature Biles II vault.

She defeated Brazilian silver medalist Rebeca Andrade, with American Jade Carey taking bronze.

Biles soared high into the air as she performed her explosive Yurchenko double pike for a massive score of 15.700.

The American also impressed with her second effort. She powered down the runway and launched into the Cheng vault, which incorporates a round-off, half-on entry with a one-and-a-half twisting flip to finish. She earned 14.900.

The 27-year-old claimed a comfortable victory at the Bercy Arena with an average of 15.300 points.

Biles arrived in Paris as the world's most decorated gymnast and she has reached new heights by claiming gold medals in all three women's events contested so far in Paris. She now has 10 Olympic medals overall, with seven of the being gold.

She led the U.S. team to the top of the podium in the team final before claiming a second all-around Olympic title two days ago.

Biles can add to her tally further when she competes in the balance beam and women's floor finals on Monday.

Also on Saturday, Carlos Edriel Yulo produced a spectacular performance to win the men's floor exercise final, earning Philippines their first ever Olympic medal in gymnastics.

With a powerful, clean routine where he stuck most of his landings, the 24-year-old scored 15.000 points, edging out Tokyo champion Artem Dolgopyat of Israel by just 0.034 of a point.

Britain's Jake Jarman took the bronze with 14.933 points.

Yulo's gold medal is only the second-ever top prize won by the Philippines across both the Summer and Winter Games. Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz struck gold in Tokyo three years ago.

--Field Level Media