TOKYO (Reuters) – Olympic all-around champion Simone Biles said the gymnast she most wants to beat in Tokyo is herself and that she is excited about trying things in the sport that were once “unimaginable”. The 24-year-old has won a record 25 world championship medals, 19 of which are gold, and has won every all-around competition she has contested since 2013. She also won four gold medals, and a bronze, at the Rio Games and is fully expected to add to that tally in Tokyo. “I’m trying to be better than I was at the last meet, so I’m trying to beat myself,” Biles told NBC television. The Tokyo gymnastics competition gets underway on July 24 with the men’s qualification round, and the women’s competition starts a day later.

Source: MetroXpress July 20, 2021 02:48 UTC