The American Simone Biles She made history in women's gymnastics this Thursday when she achieved her fifth world title in the complete competition in the German city of Stuttgart.
Biles, 22 years old and who joins this title to those previously achieved in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, won in Stuttgart with 58,999 total points. She finished ahead of the Chinese Tang Xijing (56,899), who took the silver, and the Russian Angelina Melnikova (56,399), who hung the bronze.
The North American was the best in jump (15,223), balance bar (14,633) and floor (14,400) and finished third with 14,733 in asymmetric, the only apparatus that the Belgian Nina Derwael scored the best score, at fifth end.
The gymnast from Columbus (Ohio), the most awarded woman in the history of the World Cups, remains only one title behind the universal record holder in this facet, the Japanese Kohei Uchimura, who has six crowns.
In addition to these five titles of the complete contest, in total Biles has 16 golds in World Cups, since it was the best on the ground in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2018, on the balance beam in 2014 and 2015, in jump in 2018 and by teams in 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2019. And you will have the option to expand all this, since you will play the four finals by devices.
