American Simone Biles has become the most successful gymnast in history, amassing 33 world and Olympic medals, including the recent team gold at the Antwerp 2023 World Championships.
Guiding the American team to victory with 167.729 points, Biles showcased exceptional performances on the vault and floor exercises, competing across all apparatus.
Shilese Jones did her part with strong performances on the vault and uneven bars. Leanne Wong excelled in the vault, and Skye Blakely delivered an impressive performance on the uneven bars.
Biles has the chance to add more medals on Friday, October 6, in the individual All-Around final, where she qualified first with a total score of 58.865.
Simone Biles’ medal count
Simone Biles’ career began to take off at the Antwerp 2013 World Championships, when she won four medals: gold in team and floor, silver in vault, and bronze in the balance beam.
In Nanning 2014, she won four gold medals and one silver. In Glasgow 2015, she was first in four competitions and third in one, the same count as Doha 2018. In Stuttgart 2019, she swept the five gold medals.
Her Olympic achievements include four gold medals and one bronze at Rio de Janeiro 2016, along with one silver and one bronze at Tokyo 2020, tying her with compatriot Shannon Miller at seven Olympic medals
The Antwerp 2023 finals
As the 52nd World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Antwerp 2023 concludes on Sunday, October 8, Biles has qualified for all finals, ranking first in the horse vault, balance beam, and floor exercises and fifth in the uneven bars final.
