American Simone Biles became the first woman to win five all-around titles at the gymnastics world championships, building on her legacy as one of the greatest of all time
- American Simone Biles became the first woman to win five all-around titles at the gymnastics world championships in Stuttgart on Thursday, building on her legacy as one of the greatest of all time.
“But we finished strong and we gave it our all it’s super exciting that we had the opportunity to do this.” Artistic Gymnastics - 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships - Women's All Around Final - Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany - October 10, 2019 Simone Biles of the U.S. on the floor apparatus REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay
Biles did not perform her eponymous double-double dismount off the balance beam, a skill widely thought to be under-valued in difficulty by the International Gymnastics Federation. Yet she still finished with a leading score of 14.633 on the apparatus.
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