Simone Biles is heading back to where her record-breaking reign atop gymnastics began.
The American star headlines the five-woman U.S. team that will compete at the 2023 world championships in Belgium during the first week of October. Biles' appearance will be her sixth at the event, the most ever by an American woman.
The meet will be held in Antwerp, where Biles won the first of her five world all-around titles as a 16-year-old prodigy. A full decade later, she will return looking to become the most decorated gymnast in history. The newlywed 26-year-old Biles will be heavily favored to have the record all to herself by the time she heads back to the U.S. on Oct. 9. She has dominated in her comeback following a two-year break after her appearance in the pandemic-delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics was plagued by a bout with a mental block known as"the twisties."
She wasn't quite so sharp on Tuesday during the first of a two-day selection camp outside of her hometown of Houston. She fell on uneven bars, stepped out of bounds on floor exercise and over-rotated her signature Yurchenko double-pike vault, landing on her back in the process.
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