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Majestic Biles sets record of 24 world gymnastics medals
STUTTGART, Germany, Oct 13, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – US gymnastics queen Simone
Biles won her fourth gold at the world championships in the women’s beam
final on Sunday to set a new all-time record of 24 worlds medals.
The 22-year-old also extended her own record of 18 worlds golds after
success earlier this week in the team, all-round and vault events with the
USA team in Stuttgart.
China’s Liu Tingting, 19, took silver on the beam with 16-year-old team-
mate Li Shijia earning bronze.
Her victory on the beam makes Biles the most decorated gymnast in history,
bettering the previous all-time record of 23 world medals won by men’s star
Vitaly Scherbo of Belarus in the 1990s.
Biles can yet add to her dazzling record, and finish these championships
in Stuttgart with five golds, as the favourite to win the women’s floor final
later on Sunday afternoon.
The only blot on Biles’ near-perfect record so far in Stuggart came in
Saturday’s uneven bars final when she finished fifth.
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