Gymnast Simone Biles leaves others behind by miles to win record 5th World Championship title

Stuttgart: American Simone Biles became the first woman to win five all-around titles at the Gymnastics World Championships here Thursday.

The victory represents Simone Biles’ 16th gold medal at the Gymnastics Worlds as she added to her all-around world titles she won in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2018.

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Needing 12.301 in floor exercise to reclaim her title in the final rotation, Simone Biles scored 14.400 points to finish with an overall score of 58.999 — beating China’s Tang Xijing by a huge margin of 2.100 points.

The 22-year-old Biles is now just one short of Belarusian Vitaly Scherbo’s record haul of 23 medals – a milestone she could surpass by the end of the individual events at the championships this weekend.

Tang finished with a score of 56.899 to claim silver on her championships debut, while Russia’s Angelina Melnikova took bronze with 56.399 points.

Agencies