Simone Biles was crowned for the sixth time with the all-around title, equaling the mark of the Japan’s Kohei Uchimura. With Friday's victory at the World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, she also won her twenty-first gold medal in a World Championship. Adding her World Cup and Olympic awards, she is now the most decorated gymnast in history in both the female and male categories.
Here’s yesterday’s must-watch Twists & Turns!#Antwerp2023 #Artistic #ARTWorlds2023 pic.twitter.com/0bp96N2WRG
— FIG (@gymnastics) October 7, 2023
The Sportpaleis Antwerp sports palace, was the same one where a 16-year-old Biles won her first all-around title a decade ago. "The gold medal means everything" Biles said after the medal ceremony. "It means strength, courage, the fight, tenacity. It has been such a long journey to get back here and feel comfortable and confident to compete again." She resumed this journey in August after a more than two-year break, when in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics she walked away from the sport citing mental health reasons:
I'm proud of the work of the work that I've put in to get to this point and it's just exciting that I keep going up and up each and every year. So I'm excited for what’s to come.
What was your favourite moment of yesterday’s All-Around Final?
Revisit the highlights now! #Antwerp2023 #Artistic #ARTWorlds2023 pic.twitter.com/MMZJhCpKzo
— FIG (@gymnastics) October 7, 2023
