Brazil's Rebeca Andrade wins vault's world title, denies Simone Biles another gold
Rebeca Andrade of Brazil denied Simone Biles a 22nd world title by winning the women's vault competition ahead of the American superstar on Saturday in Antwerp, Belgium.
A day after she became the most decorated gymnast in history, Biles tried to claim back the vault title she last won in 2019 by performing her extremely difficult signature Yurchenko double pike vault that nobody else does in the women's competition.
But she fell on her back on the landing. Biles then delivered 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 medal with 14.416. Ellie Black of Halifax finished fifth with a total of 13.933 points. The Canadian earned 14.000 in her first go and 13.866 in her second.
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