Montreal (AFP) - US teenager Morgan Hurd snatched a surprise women's all-around gold on Friday at the injury-hit World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. It was a stunning World Championships debut for Hurd, who was sixth at the P&G Championships in August but secured a place on the four-woman US team for the championships at a selection camp in September. Hurd won with a total of 55.232 points, denying home hope Ellie Black of Canada who took silver with 55.132. It was a disappointment to fans at the 1976 Olympic venue, but Black became the first Canadian gymnast, man or woman, to win an Olympic or world all-around medal. In Uchimura's absence, China's Xiao Ruoteng won the men's all-around title on Thursday.

Source: The Star October 07, 2017 02:15 UTC