The world’s best gymnasts are to compete for a medal on the balance beam, including Simone Biles who has already got 3 golds this Olympics. French gymnastics team captain Marine Boyer fell just short of qualifying for that final – she gives us the low down on this daunting piece of apparatus. Story by Camille Knight and France Télévisions.
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