'Best ever' Biles hails record 25 world medalsSimone Biles poses with her five gold medals at the world gymnastics championships in StuttgartSTUTTGART (GERMANY) - US gymnastics star Simone Biles won her fifth gold medal in the women's floor final Sunday to conclude her "best ever" world championships and take her career record to 25 medals. "This is really the best worlds performance I have ever put out," she said after finishing her fifth world championships with five titles in six events. Biles was crowned world floor champion for the fifth time after winning by a full point from team-mate Sunisa Lee, who earned silver with Russia's Angelina Melnikova taking bronze. She had to settle for bronze in the event at the 2016 Olympics and last year's world championships in Doha. Sunday's golds made Biles the most decorated gymnast in world championship history, surpassing the previous all-time record of 23 world medals won by men's star Vitaly Scherbo of Belarus in the 1990s.

Source: Bangkok Post October 13, 2019 17:48 UTC