Thanks to triumph with the US team: Superstar Biles secures his 20th World Cup gold medal

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American Simone Biles wins her 20th gold World Championship medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp. Simone Biles sets a medal record.

It certainly comes as no surprise that the 26-year-old American won the gold medal with the American team. The Americans start the team final as heavy favorites. They have won every team title since 2011. And the American team collected the most points in qualifying. Behind the US (167,729 points), Brazil (165,530) and France (164,064) took the other sets of medals.

New precious metal plate

Simone Biles sets a medal record in Antwerp – and can win even more precious metals. With 33 medals at the World Championships and Olympic Games, she has become the most successful gymnast in history. So far, she is linked to Larissa Latynina from the former Soviet Union. For now, Latynina only retains the record of 18 Olympic medals.

Simone Biles missed the last two World Championships and the Summer Olympics in Tokyo due to mental problems. In the team final she refrained from the sensational jump “Biles II” that was presented to the world three days ago.

The Swiss women missed the team final. In any case, Lena Bickel has secured another Olympic ticket in Antwerp, so that the Swiss women will also be represented at the Olympic Games in Paris next summer – as they have always been for the past twenty years. (SDA)

Source : Blick