Andrade wins vault’s world title, denies Biles another gold at world championships 

Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade celebrates with the national flag after winning the gold medal on the vault during the apparatus finals at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium over the weekend Saturday.that even when she does not execute to perfection, she still ends up on a world podium.

Biles’ second vault was an excellent Cheng to finish with a combined score of 14.549. Andrade was nearly flawless to snatch the gold medal by a margin of 0.201 points. Yeo Seo-jeong of South Korea took the bronze with 14.416. Asked whether she would try the Yurchenko double pike in competition, Andrade said it would be a “crazy” thing to do.Biles became the first woman to do the Yurchenko double pike at the world championships during qualifying, and the vault is now named the Biles II because it was achieved in international competition. The 26-year-old American now has five skills named after her.First on the starting list, she kicked off her meeting with a massive vault but fell on her back upon landing.

Biles had also qualified for the uneven bars final Saturday, but her routine doesn’t have the difficulty of the top athletes in this discipline and she finished fifth.

Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)

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