Simone Biles He further expanded his legend after winning his twenty-third gold medal at the World Championships, winning this Sunday in the balance beam and vault finals in the Belgian city of Antwerp.
If on Saturday Biles had to ‘settle’ for only a silver medal, after being surpassed in the floor final by the Brazilian Rebecca Andradethis Sunday made it clear why she is unanimously considered the best gymnast of all time.
She demonstrated this on the balance beam, where she already achieved the best score of all the participants in the qualifying round and was once again the best with a brilliant exercise without any cracks.
The one from Ohio, who had already won the gold medal in Antwerp in both the individual and group competitions, achieved first position with a score of 14,800 points.
One tenth of a point more than the Chinese Yaqin Zhousilver with 14,700, and half a point more than the Brazilian Rebeca Andrade, who occupied the last step of the podium with a score of 14,300.