Simone Biles has to be content with a silver medal on the first day of the apparatus finals at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Antwerp.
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the essentials in brief
- Simone Biles wins the silver medal at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Antwerp.
- The Brazilian Rebeca Andrade wins gold.
Simone Biles has to be content with silver at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Antwerp. Coming into the vault as the big favorite, the 26-year-old American falls on her extremely difficult creation. With “Biles II” she attempts a Yurchenko with a bent-over double somersault backwards. She also receives half a point deduction because her coach Laurent Landi is on the mat to protect herself.
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With the second jump, Biles is no longer able to make up for this mortgage. With 14.549 she loses 0.201 points to the Brazilian Olympic champion Rebeca Andrade. She is world champion on this device for the second time after 2021.
On the uneven bars, her weakest apparatus, Biles placed 5th. On Sunday she has two more opportunities to expand her impressive collection of medals from the World Championships (21/4/3).
In Antwerp, Biles won two gold medals (team, all-around) in addition to silver on vault. The 16-year-old Chinese girl Qiu Qiyuan secured the title on the uneven slopes.
In the men’s category, Israeli Olympic champion Artem Dolgopyat (floor) climbs to the top podium. In addition, the Irish Rhys McClenaghan (pommel horse) and the Chinese Liu Yang (rings) won gold. For Dolgopyat it is the first World Cup gold and McClenaghan successfully defends the title. Liu defeats the Greek Eleftherios Petrounias, three-time world champion, six-time European champion and 2016 Olympic champion, on the rings.
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2023-10-08 05:32:06
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