Dazzling Biles wins record eighth US all-around gymnastics title

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The four-time Olympic gold medalist electrified the SAP Center crowd with a soaring floor routine that included a rock-solid landing on her signature Biles I tumbling pass of double layout with a half-twist.

SAN JOSE -- Simone Biles dazzled on floor exercise on Sunday, Aug. 27, on the way to a record eighth all-around title at the US Gymnastics Championships, another step on a comeback trail pointing toward the Paris Olympics.

It was her final event of the competition and brought ecstatic fans to their feet, earning a score of 15.400 for a triumphant all-around total of 118.450 points. Ten years after winning her first US all-around title, the 26-year-old Biles became the oldest woman to seize the national all-around title.

She also achieved her aim of ironing out a few mistakes on balance beam, capturing apparatus gold in vault, beam and floor and finishing third in the uneven bars. She was the sport's dominant force and out to defend four gold medals won in Rio when she pulled out of most of her events in Tokyo citing the"twisties" -- the dangerous phenomenon in which gymnasts lose their sense of where they are in the air.

"I like to keep them personal, just so that I know what I'm aiming for," she said."I think it's better that way. I'm trying to move a little bit differently this year than I have in the past. I think it's working so far.

 

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