ANTWERP, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) — Simone Biles of the United States capped her gorgeous return by profitable the sixth world all-around title right here on Friday on the 52nd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships.
The event befell within the Antwerp Sportpaleis, the identical enviornment the place she received her first world all-around title 10 years in the past. The 26-year-old earned 58.399 factors to safe the gold with highly effective dominance, forward of 2022 world champion Rebeca Andrade (56.766) from Brazil and her U.S. teammate Shilese Jones (56.332).
Biles confirmed a strong Cheng vault for the highest rating of 15.100 and carried out steadily on uneven bars for 14.333. She collected the best scores from stability beam and ground train as properly.
“The gold medal means everything,” Biles mentioned. “It means strength, courage, the fight, tenacity. It has been such a long journey to get back here and feel comfortable and confident to compete again.”
It got here 26 months after Biles made world headlines by withdrawing from a lot of the finals on the Tokyo Olympic Games to guard her bodily and psychological well being after fighting the “twisties” in coaching and competitors.
With the historic gold, Biles mixed 34 world and Olympic medals, surpassing the Belarusian gymnastic legend Vitaly Scherbo to develop into the brand new document holder with probably the most medals.
China’s 16-year-old world debutant Qiu Qiyuan stunned to win the fourth place with 54.799 factors. Her horizontal bar rating is the second highest among the many 24 finalists.