Simone Biles wins fifth all-around title at gymnastics world championships

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Canada’s Ellie Black was fourth with 56.232. The Halifax native appeared to hurt her ankle on the vault, her final discipline, and was helped off the floor by Canadian staff.Biles’ margin of victory was her biggest at a world all-around event, and matched her winning margin at the 2016 Olympics, before she took a year off.“It wasn’t my best routine but we just thought it would be fun,” she said.

Tang wasn’t even meant to be competing Thursday but became China’s first all-around medallist in eight years. She’d qualified third-best of China’s gymnasts, with only two per country allowed in the final. However, Tang was drafted in to replace teammate Liu Tingting, who fell on two routines in Tuesday’s team final.Story continues below advertisement“I hoped to do what I’m like in training, and didn’t really think too much about the results,” she said through a translator.

“I feel like I kind of let the nerves get to me a little bit, but it’s all part of the learning experience,” Lee said. “There’s going to be a lot more meets to come before the Olympics, so hopefully I can kind of get myself back together for that.”

 

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