Simone Bileshas made history again!
The four-time Olympic gold medalist, 22, broke a world championships record on Sunday, as she picked up her 24th and 25th medals.
Days earlier, Biles had already become the most-decorated woman, when she won her 21st medal in the team competition, according to theNew York Times.
On Sunday, Biles, who has struggled on the beam in the past,jumped up out of her seatas her scores came in and began celebrating as she saw she had received 15.066 points.
The gymnast ended her big day with her floor exercise, on which she earned 15.133 points — putting her a full point ahead of fellow American gymnast Sunisa Lee.
“@SimoneBiles isn’t just the most decorated woman in world championships history… She’s the most decorated gymnast in world championships history PERIOD,” they wrote in one tweet.
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USA Gymnastics added, “25. WORLD. MEDALS. @Simone_Biles’s strength and skill is unparalleled in #gymnastics.All hail the GOAT!”
At the end of this year’s championships, which were held in Stuttgart, Germany, Biles also got a chance to pose with all five of the gold medals she received, which is the most she’s ever won during the competition, according toUSA Today.
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On Thursday, the gymnastics superstarwon her fifth world all-around titleand earned her 16th gold medal at the world championships, scoring 58.999 points — which put her 2.1 points ahead of the second-place finisher.
“I don’t know; I feel like it’s not me,” Biles said after her win, according toTheNew York Times. “Sometimes I wonder how I do it. I feel like it’s just, like, not me. I wish I could have like an out-of-body experience to witness it, because sometimes I think I’m going crazy.”
Biles added, “I really don’t know how I do it sometimes.”
Celebrating her win on Twitter, the athlete wrote: “Feeling GOLDENthis morning … every time feels just like the first.”
The moves earned the gymnastics star huge applause from the audience, and USA Gymnastics confirmed on Twitter that the impressive feat ensures the triple-double will be named the Biles II, in honor of the athlete.
Biles already has two moves named for her, one in the floor exercise and one on a vault, according toCNN.
Despite her incredible success, you won’t find Biles calling herself a“superstar” gymnast.
“I just go out there and compete,” she added. “I try to represent Simone… not ‘Simone Biles’ whenever I go out there, because at the end of the day, I’m still a human being before I’m ‘Simone Biles, the superstar.’ “
source: people.com
