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ByWillGraves The Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO SimoneBilesfelt her right foot slip. Then her left. As she reached down to steady herself on the balance beam — her first visible misstep during an as- tonishing Olympics that includes three gold medals and some of the most boundary pushing gym- nastics ever — one thought ran through her head. "Wow, Simone, that's five- tenths," Biles said. And that's it. Nothing more. Sure, winning a record five gold medals in Rio de Janeiro would have been cool. Yet going 5 for 5 was always somebody else's deal. It wasn't hers. Her only re- gret in earning bronze during the beam final on Monday centered on those five seconds when she found herself scrambling trying to recover from a wobbly landing following a front flip. "I'm not disappointed in the medal that I received because anyone would love to have a bronze at an Olympics Games," Biles said. "But I'm disappointed in the routine that I did and not so much the whole entire routine, just the front tuck I guess. Be- cause the rest of the routine was pretty good." Even if it wasn't quite good enough to stand atop the podium for once. Her score of 14.733 ended up well behind the 15.466 put up Sanne Wevers of the Netherlands and the 15.333 "Final Five" team- mate Laurie Hernandez posted while grabbing silver. Biles won't leave Brazil with five golds — something no female gymnast OLYMPICS: WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS BILES' RUN AT HISTORY ENDS WITH BRONZE Slip on beam derails quest for five gold medals JULIOCORTEZ—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Netherlands' Sanne Wevers, center, gold, United States' Lauren Hernandez, le , silver, and United States' Simone Biles, right, stand a er receiving their medals for balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women's apparatus final at the 2016Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday. REBECCA BLACKWELL — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS United States' Simone Biles stumbles on her balance beam routine during the artistic gymnastics women's apparatus final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday. By Mitch Stacy The Associated Press UPPER ARLINGTON, OHIO A de- cade after battling a rare ill- ness that nearly killed him and kept him off the golf course for seven years, Gene Sauers cele- brated his first victory on the se- nior tour. Sauers closed with a 1-under 69 and took advantage of an- other collapse by Miguel Angel Jimenez to win the rain-delayed U.S. Senior Open on Monday. The 53-year-old from Geor- gia finished with three straight pars to go from a one-shot def- icit to a one-shot victory over Jimenez and Billy Mayfair at Scioto Country Club. He finished with a 3-under 277 for the tour- nament. "It hasn't sunk in yet," he said. "It's been a long time, and I'm at a loss for words right now." The victory caps an amazing comeback for Sauers 10 years removed from nearly dying. He was incorrectly diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, spent seven weeks in the hospital and was given a 25 percent chance of survival. Eventually he was diagnosed with Stevens-John- son syndrome, a rare disorder of the skin and mucous mem- branes that causes the skin on the extremities to burn from the inside out. Some days, he couldn't even get off the couch. "It means the world to me," he said. "I saw the light at the end of that tunnel, and I was heading there. The good Lord stopped me and backed me up and said, no, you're not done yet. It's just unbelievable to not play golf, not touch a golf club for seven years and to come out and to win a major golf tourna- ment on a hard golf course." Jimenez had a one-shot ad- vantage going into the final GOLF Sauers wins US Senior Open Championship LEO CORREA — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Brazil's Marta juggles the ball during a practice session a day before the women's Olympic semifinal soccer match between Brazil and Sweden, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday. By Anne M. Peterson The Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO The Brazilians are a step away from a shot at Olympic gold, and nothing could make the host nation's fans hap- pier. Women's soccer has not tradi- tionally been popular in Brazil, but Marta and her teammates have been capturing hearts as they've traveled across the coun- try en route to a semifinal match against Sweden at the Maracana Stadium on Tuesday. Some fans have even replaced Neymar's name on their No. 10 jerseys with Marta's. "We are aware of the pres- sures," Brazil coach Vadao said through a translator on Monday. "The result has to be a gold be- cause that's a need for women's football." But while Brazil is a win away from the gold-medal match, the team will first have to overcome a pumped up Sweden team that knocked off the three-time de- fending champion United States in the quarterfinals. The loss sent the top-ranked Americans home without a medal for the first time at the Olympics. The World Cup champions were vying for their third straight gold. Sweden deployed a defensive strategy against the United States and won 4-3 in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw. Afterward, U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo drew atten- tion for calling Sweden "a bunch of cowards" for its style of play. It's a good bet that Sweden will use a similar tactic against Bra- zil, which defeated the Swedes 5-1 in group play. Marta and Beatriz each had two goals. Brazil, ranked eighth in the world, finished atop Group E and went on to defeat upstart Austra- lia in the quarterfinals, advanc- ing 7-6 on penalties after a score- less draw. The Brazilians have twice won silver medals at the Olympics, where women's soccer made its debut in 1996. Both times, at the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Games, the United States won in the final. SOCCER Brazilisastepclosertogold SOCCER PAGE 2 GYMNASTICS PAGE 2 By Schuyler Dixon The Associated Press ARLINGTON, TEXAS Adrian Bel- tre hit a grand slam not long after Texas ended a 24-inning scoreless streak and Martin Perez pitched seven strong innings for his first win since late June, leading the Rangers to a 5-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night. Beltre's 100th home run at Globe Life Park, which went about a dozen rows above the 14-foot wall in left field, came against for- mer teammate Ross Detwiler (1- 1) in the fifth inning with Texas trailing 2-1. The decisive homer, Beltre's 10th career slam, came three batters after Shin-Soo Choo frac- tured his left forearm when he was hit by a pitch. The AL West-leading Rang- ers were coming off consecutive shutout losses at home to Detroit and were an out shy of 25 straight scoreless innings when Elvis An- drus lined a single to right in the fourth. Perez (8-8) gave up five hits and two runs — one earned — with six strikeouts in seven innings. He had gone 0-4 over eight starts since a 6-2 win against Boston on June 26. The left-hander set a Texas re- cord with his 32nd groundball double play, an inning-ender by Brett Eibner in the fourth. C.J. Wilson had the previous mark of 31 in 2011. Perez got another one to end the sixth. Matt Bush struck out two in a perfect eighth, and Sam Dyson got another double play in the ninth for his 27th save. Beltre's 19th homer, which gave him 432 to break a tie with Cal Ripken on the career list, came af- ter singles from Ian Desmond and Carlos Beltran following the pitch that hit Choo. It was Beltre's first slam since April 2, 2011, his sec- ond game with the Rangers. Coming off eight shutout in- nings in a 1-0 win over Baltimore in his first big league start this season, Detwiler held the Rang- ers scoreless for three innings but didn't make it out of the fifth. He gave up seven hits and five runs in 4 2/3 innings. Ryon Healy led off the second with his sixth homer to give Oak- land a 2-0 lead. CHOOOUTAGAIN Choo is headed to the disabled list for the fourth time this year, perhaps with a season-ending injury. He was in- jured when he checked his swing AMERICAN LEAGUE Be lt re s la m spoils A's fast start TONY GUTIERREZ — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Texas Rangers' Adrian Beltre follows through on a grand slam swing off a pitch from Oakland Athletics' Ross Detwiler as catcher Stephen Vogt, right, watches in the fi h inning of a baseball game, Monday in Arlington, Texas. A'S PAGE 2 GOLF PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Tuesday, August 16, 2016 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1