Rio 2016 Olympics: Gymnastics sensation Simone Biles wins third gold in Rio in women's vault

Biles, who is on for five gold medals in Rio, captured her third in stunning fashion as she continues to star at the Games.

The American beat world champion Maria Paseka of Russia with a score of 15.966 from her two vaults. Paseka claimed silver and Switzerland's Giulia Steingruber pipped India's Dipa Karmakar by 0.15 of a point to take bronze.

Uzbekistan's Oksana Chusovitina, bidding to become the oldest ever gymnast to win an Olympic medal at the age of 41, finished seventh out of the eight finalists after over-rotating on her Produnova.