American Simone Biles won the world all-around title for the sixth time in her career. The American scored 58.399 points, ahead of Brazilian Rebecca Andrade (56.766) and American Chiles Jones (56.332). Dutch gymnasts Itora Thorsdottir (54.098) and Naomi Visser (53.132) finished sixth and twelfth, respectively.
Thorsdottir, competing in her first World Cup all-around final, made a good start on floor and also completed the other exercises without any major errors. Visser started out strong on bars (14.266), but then had some wobbles on beam (12.200). She recovered well on the ground and jumped.
For Biles, this is her 21st world title overall and her sixth all-around title. She equals the record of Japan’s Kohei Uchimura, who has won six men’s world titles.
The 26-year-old Biles won her first world title exactly ten years ago: gold in the all-around at the 2013 World Championships in Antwerp.
Biles’ World Cup medal tally now stands at 27. She has 21 world titles and has also won three silver and three bronze at the World Cup. She could still expand her honor roll in the apparatus finals.
