Simone Biles responds prior to winning the gold medal in the ladies’s well-rounded last at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, on Friday. Photo by Olivier Matthys/EPA-EFE
Oct. 6 (UPI) — American Simone Biles won her 6th well-rounded world champion title Friday in Belgium, making her the most embellished gymnast in history.
The achievement came 10 years after she won her veryfirst well-rounded title, which likewise tookplace to take location at the verysame arena, the Sportpaleis in Antwerp.
Friday’s gold medal makes her the veryfirst female gymnast to win 6 well-rounded world champions. The just other gymnast to win 6 world titles is Japanese male professionalathlete Kōhei Uchimura.
Biles completed the well-rounded occasion with a rating of 58.399. Brazilian Rebeca Andrade, the ruling well-rounded champion, completed 2nd with 56.766 and American Shilese Jones captured bronze with a rating of 56.332. The American ladies likewise won its record seventh-consecutive group gold Wednesday.
Biles’ specific win was anchored by first-place surfaces in the vault (15.100), balance beam (14.433) and flooring workout (14.533). She completed 6th in the irregular bars with a rating of 14.333; Algerian Kaylia Nemour completed veryfirst in the occasion w