Simone BilesAmerican gymnast, expanded his legend and added her sixth world titlesomething that has only been achieved so far by another icon such as Japan’s Kohei Uchimura, after winning this Friday’s all-around final at the World Championships held in the Belgian city of Antwerp.
At the same point when Biles became a world champion 10 years ago, launching an impressive career that has made her best gymnast of all time.
In fact, Simone Biles, who had already finished the qualifying round in first place, achieved all-around gold at the six world championships in which he participated.
Biles’ absence
The American, who turned 26 in March, did not compete at the 2017 World Championships in Montreal and the last two championships in Kitakyushu, Japan in 2021 and Liverpool in 2022.
An absence that, in the case of the last two World Championships, was a response to mental problems that had already forced Simone Biles to withdraw from the full competition final at the Tokyo Olympics, despite finishing the qualifying round in first position.
Biles ended the break last August after finding a new way to communicate with, as she explained it, success and pressure reflecting his status as the greatest figure in world gymnastics.
“Feel good mentally and have fun”
“I think the meaning of success has changed a little for me because before everyone defined success for me, even though I had my own opinion about what I wanted.
“Now it’s just being, feeling good mentally, having fun and no matter what happensBiles said a few weeks before the start of the World Championships.
The new Simone Biles, who had already led the United States to its seventh consecutive joint world title last Wednesday, a medal that allowed the Ohio woman to add her twenty-sixth medal. -20 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze medals at World Championships, more than anyone in history.
But Biles’s ambitions, which she insisted “can continue to improve,” have no limits, and this Friday she equaled another legend such as the Japanese Kohei Uchimura, as the only gymnasts in history capable of winning six world all-around titles.
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He didn’t make Biles 2
Gold that seemed already destined for Simone Biles, who had already finished the qualifying round as the outstanding leader, ahead of her compatriot Shiliese Jones by 1.933 and reigning world champion Brazilian Rebeca Andrade by 2.266, signing an all-time best score. competitors on vault, beam and floor.
The only thing that eluded the American was a best result on the asymmetrical bars, as happened again this Friday in the final, after he had to “even” with a score of 14.333 units.
The score, added to the 15.100 she scored on vault despite not landing Biles 2, Yurchenko’s double somersault, which she debuted at this World Championships and which she actually performed in qualifying, allowed the American close the standings. second turn in first position.
If after the first two apparatus Simone Biles was ahead of the Brazilian Rebeca Andrade, the second, by 0.233, and her compatriot Shylise Jones by 0.567, then after passing the balance beam the difference between the North American woman increased sharply.
And Biles began her exercise with some doubts, which little by little dissipated until she took the start and scored 14,433 points, which neither Andrade – 13,500- nor Jones – 14,066- could approach.
A circumstance that allowed Simone Biles to handle the final floor exercise, a device in which the North American has five world titles, with a gain of 0.934 over Shiliese Jones, second, and 1.166 over Rebeca Andrade, who dropped to third.
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Rebeca Andrade and Shylise Jones – silver and bronze
A difference that was reinforced by a spectacular floor exercise despite the slight setback with which Biles finished the competition and which allowed the North American to score 14,533 points and win her sixth gold in the entire competition with a total of 58,399 units. .
More than a point and a half ahead of Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade, who despite stepping on the finish line on her final diagonal, snatched the silver medal from American Shiliese Jones with a score of 56.766, who dropped to third with a score of 56.332. place after a chaotic floor exercise.
A medal that Simone Biles hopes will not be her last in Antwerp, where the North American can still add more gold medals in the vault, beam, asymmetrical exercise and floor finals for which she has already qualified (EFE).
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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