Gymnastics: American Biles lands new skills at worlds

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American Biles lands new skills at worlds

REUTERS: American Simone Biles landed the triple-double on the floor exercise and the double-double dismount off the balance beam at the world gymnastics championships in Stuttgart, Germany on Saturday to have two new skills named after her.

"I'm pretty pleased because that's how I train beam and it finally felt good to go out there and hit a beam routine ... because I feel like every time ... I just bomb it," Biles told the Olympic Channel. The U.S. team topped the qualifying standings with a total of 174.205, followed by China and Russia .The U.S., Chinese and Russian women's teams had already earned places at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics while nine other teams - France, Canada, Netherlands, Britain, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Japan and Spain - will join them.

Biles led the individual standings with a total score of 59.432 on the vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor, followed by compatriot Sunisa Lee and France's Melanie de Jesus dos Santos .

 

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