A day after winning a sixth all-around title to become the most decorated gymnast in history, Simone Biles added to her extraordinary medal collection with a silver in the vault at the Artistic Gymnas
tics World Championships on Saturday. The 26-year-old fell on landing her first vault, the eponymous Biles II – also known as the Yurchenko double pike – for a 14.433 score; an error that gave her competitors hope. Needing to regain her composure immediately for her second vault, Biles went on to score an impressive 14.666 for an average score of 14.549. The American’s total kept her in first place until defending champion Rebeca Andrade, the last of the nine gymnasts to compete, stepped up.
201 points better than Biles – and celebrated by dancing on the floor with her country’s flag. South Korea’s Yeo Seo-jeong won bronze. Last weekend at the World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, Biles became the first woman to land the Yurchenko double pike vault at an international competition, which ensured the skill is now named in her honor, mesmerizing onlookers during qualifying.
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