Simone Biles won the bronze medal in the women's individual balance beam final early Tuesday morning in the United States (Tuesday evening in Tokyo). The six-time Olympic medalist returned to the floor for the first time since her withdrawal from the team final event. Biles withdrew from the other four individual event finals (for which she had qualified), but returned to compete for an individual medal on the balance beam. She overcame the "twisties" she was experiencing and delivered a very good performance, scoring a 14.000 to leave Tokyo on a high note.

Her accomplishment coaxed sports and entertainment stars to flood her timeline with supportive messages...

Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian all time, took time to salute Simone on his Instagram story:

Tennis icon and equality champion, Billie Jean King, had some encouraging words for Simone: