ANTWERP, Belgium — Simone Biles has a chance to add to her medal tally.
Actually, there are two more.
The World Gymnastics Championships wrapped up on Sunday with five finals remaining, with Biles and Sires Jones qualifying for balance beam and floor exercise. Biles has won floor titles in his past five world championship appearances, and beam titles in 2014, 2015 and 2019.
She won silver medals on beam in 2013 and 2018.
Biles has already won three medals at these worlds, two of which are gold. Her sixth individual all-around win Friday night made her the most winning gymnast of any gender, and Saturday’s silver medal on vault was her 35th.th Even at the World Championships and the Olympics.
Biles has won 28 medals at the world championships, including 21 gold medals.
Simone Biles, World Championships: Nail Balance Beam
ANTWERP, Belgium — Simone Biles picked a good time to perform her best balance beam routine since her return in August.
Biles was near perfect in Sunday’s beam final, confidently showing off skill after skill. There were no hesitations, no balance checks, no wiggles or wobbles. When she and coach Cecil Lundy crossed the finish line, Lundy threw his hands in the air and Biles gave her a big smile, and she knew it was good.
There are still four gymnasts left, but Biles’ 14.8 points will be difficult to beat.
Biles has already won three world titles on balance beam and two other medals.
USA Men’s Gymnastics at World Championships: Best performance in 10 years
ANTWERP, Belgium — Coy Young’s silver medal on vault ensured the U.S. men’s most successful performance at the world championships in a decade.
Young’s medal was the fourth for the U.S. men, matching the total since the last world championships in 2013. On Saturday, Young won silver, the Americans also won bronze in the team event, and Fred Richard won bronze in the individual all-around.
Young took first place in the vault final, landing two massive and nearly perfect vaults. However, he had to wait until the remaining seven gymnasts to see if they could keep up the score. Britain’s Jake Jarman passed him, but no one else could.
When the final results were announced, Young hugged his coach and fellow American Paul Judas, who finished fifth.
American Coy Young was nearly perfect on vault.
ANTWERP, Belgium — Remember the name Coy Young.
The American is in position to win another medal on Sunday after completing two near-perfect vaults. Young’s total score of 14.849 should have placed him second in the preliminaries, but in the finals he placed first, so he needs to see if his score beats the rest of his seven gymnasts. There is.
Young has already won a silver medal in Saturday’s pommel horse race and a bronze medal in Tuesday night’s team event.
Where to watch the World Gymnastics Championships final: TV channels, online streaming
The event’s finals will be streamed Sunday at 8 a.m. ET on Peacock, with a highlight show on CNBC starting at 2 p.m.
World gymnastics championship schedule
Sunday’s event final schedule is as follows:
- Men’s vault, 8:00 a.m.-8:45 a.m. ET
- Balance beam, 8:50-9:35 a.m.
- Parallel bars, 9:40 a.m. to 10:25 a.m.
- Women’s floor exercise, 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
- Horizontal bar, 11:20-noon
What is the event final?
This part of the competition determines who is the best gymnast in each event.
The top eight athletes in each event will qualify for the finals: vault, uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise for the girls; floor exercise, pommel horse, ring toss, vault, parallel bars, and horizontal bars for the boys; up to two will advance to the finals. obtain the right to participate. By country.
Who will advance to which finals?
Biles and Jones made it to the finals in both the balance beam and floor exercise. Biles earned the highest qualifying scores in both events, while Jones placed fifth on floor and sixth on beam.
Paul Judas will be the busiest of the U.S. men, qualifying on both vault and horizontal bars. Koi Yong, who won silver in the pommel horse on Saturday, will also compete in the vault final. Asher Hong and Yul Moldauer compete on parallel bars.