American gymnastics star, Simone Biles, has bagged a new title as the world’s most decorated gymnast of all time.
This new record was set by the 26-year-old athlete during the 2023 World Gymnastics Championships which was held in Antwerp, Belgium.
During the games, the gymnast gave several stunning performances including her historic Yurchenko double pike vault performance on Monday. Biles became the first woman to land the complicated routine, she was greeted with applause from the crowd and had the routine named after her.
The Olympian extended her record as the highest all-around title holder on Friday after she clinched her sixth and scoring a total of 58.399 points for her balance beam, floor, vault and uneven bars performance. Notably, Biles won her first all-around title ten years ago, at the age of 16 in the same city.
Biles holds 7 Olympic and 27 World Championship medals placing her as the most decorated gymnast in the world in both male and female categories.
She had earlier tied with her Belarusian counterpart, Vitaly Scherbo, who had a total of 33 medals.
On Wednesday, the United States team also successfully defended their title and won the championships for the seventh consecutive year.
Biles while speaking with reporters on Friday said ; “Actually, I had something in my eye today that I couldn’t get out, I swear it’s true. But I was emotional because 10 years ago I won my first worlds and now we’re back here.”
|The Punch
