Nytt VM-guld för Biles – är snart bäst genom tiderna
Den amerikanska gymnastikstjärnan Simone Biles tog i kväll hem sitt femte VM-guld i mångkamp. En prestation som ingen kvinna tidigare mäktat med.
– Det betyder allt för mig, sa Biles efteråt enligt TT.
Guldet var 22-åringens 16:e i karriären och hennes 22:a VM-medalj totalt. Därmed är hon bara en medalj efter vitryssen Vitalij Sjtjerbo som tog 23 medaljer under sin karriär på 1990-talet. Biles kan gå i kapp och förbi senare i veckan då de individuella grenarna avgörs i Stuttgart.
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Simone Biles
Wikipedia (en)
Simone Arianne Biles (born March 14, 1997) is an American artistic gymnast. Biles is the 2016 Olympic individual all-around, vault and floor gold medalist, and balance beam bronze medalist. She was part of the gold-medal-winning team dubbed the "Final Five" at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.Biles is a five-time World all-around champion (2013–15, 2018–19), four-time World floor exercise champion (2013–15, 2018), two-time World balance beam champion (2014–15), the 2018 World vault champion, a six-time United States national all-around champion (2013–16, 2018–19), and a member of the gold-medal-winning American teams at the 2014, 2015, 2018, and 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Additionally, she is a three-time World silver medalist (2013 and 2014 on vault, 2018 on uneven bars) and a three-time World bronze medalist (2015 on vault, 2013 and 2018 on balance beam). Having won a combined total of twenty-seven Olympic and World Championship medals, Biles is the most decorated American gymnast and the second most decorated gymnast of all time, behind Larisa Latynina with thirty-two medals.
As of the 2019 World Championships, Biles is the female gymnast with the most World all-around titles (5) and the most World medals (22), as well as the gymnast with the most World gold medals of any gender (16). Biles is the sixth woman to win an individual all-around title at both the World Championships and the Olympics, and the first gymnast since Lilia Podkopayeva in 1996 to hold both titles simultaneously. She is the tenth gymnast and first American gymnast to win a World medal on every event, and the first gymnast since Daniela Silivaș in 1988 to win a medal on every event at a single Olympic Games or World Championships, having accomplished this feat at the 2018 World Championships. Many observers consider her to be the greatest gymnast of all time.
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