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Canadian gymnast Olsen finishes 8th in vault final; American nabs gold

The Canadian Press Published Sunday, August 14, 2016 3:04PM EDT

Canada's Shallon Olsen performs on the vault during the artistic gymnastics women's apparatus final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016. (AP Photo / Julio Cortez)

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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Canadian Shallon Olsen finished eighth in an eight-woman field in the Rio Olympic vault final on Sunday.

American star Simone Biles won the event with a 15.966 score. Russia's Maria Paseka took silver with 15.253 and Switzerland's Giulia Steingruber earned bronze with 15.216.

Olsen, from Vancouver, earned a total score of 14.816 for her two vaults.

The 16-year-old Olsen, in her first Olympic Games, scored 14.966 on her first vault routine and 14.666 on her second.