ANTWERP, Belgium — Simone Biles has another opportunity to add to her haul of medals.
Two more, in fact.
The world gymnastics championships conclude Sunday with five more event finals, and Biles and Shilese Jones have both qualified on balance beam and floor exercise. Biles has won the floor title in her previous five appearances at worlds, and claimed the beam title in 2014, 2015 and 2019.
She has silver medals on beam from 2013 and 2018.
Biles already has three medals from these worlds, two of them gold. Her sixth all-around title Friday night made her the winningest gymnast, male or female, and her silver on vault Saturday was her 35th at the world championships and Olympics.
Biles has 28 medals at worlds, and 21 of those are gold.
ANTWERP, Belgium — Simone Biles picked a good time to do her best balance beam routine since she came back in August.
Biles was near-perfect in the beam final Sunday, confidently checking off one skill after another. There were no hesitations, no balance checks, no wiggles or wobbles. She and coach Cecile Landi knew it was good when she finished, with Landi throwing her hands into the air and Biles breaking into a big grin.
There are still four gymnasts to go, but Biles’ score of 14.8 is going to be tough to beat.
Biles already has three world titles on balance beam, and two other medals.
ANTWERP, Belgium — With Khoi Young’s silver on vault, the U.S. men are assured their most successful showing at the world championships in a decade.
Young’s medal was the fourth for the U.S. men, matching their total from 2013, also the last time worlds was here. Young won a silver on Saturday, and the Americans also have bronzes from the team competition and Fred Richard in the all-around.
Young was up first in the vault final and did two massive, nearly perfect ones. But he had to wait for the remaining seven gymnasts to see if the score would hold up. Jake Jarman from Britain passed him, but no one else could.
When the final results posted, Young hugged his coach and fellow American Paul Juda, who was fifth.
ANTWERP, Belgium — Remember the name Khoi Young.
The American is in position to win another medal Sunday after doing two massive and near-perfect vaults. Young’s combined score of a 14.849 would have put him second in qualifying, but he was first up in the final and has to see if his score will hold up over the remaining seven gymnasts.
Young already has a silver medal from the pommel horse Saturday and a bronze medal from the team competition Tuesday night.
The event finals will be streamed on Peacock starting at 8 a.m. ET Sunday, and there will be a highlights show at 2 p.m. on CNBC.
World Gymnastics Championships schedule
The event finals schedule for Sunday is:
- Men’s vault, 8-8:45 a.m. ET
- Balance beam, 8:50-9:35 a.m.
- Parallel bars, 9:40-10:25 a.m.
- Women’s floor exercise, 10:30-11:15 a.m.
- High bar, 11:20-noon
This portion of the competition determines who are the best gymnasts on each of the individual events.
The top eight gymnasts on each apparatus – vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise for women and floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings, vault, parallel bars and high bar for men – qualify for the finals, with a limit of two per country.
Who’s in what finals
Biles and Jones made both the balance beam and floor exercise finals. Biles had the highest qualifying score on both events, while Jones was fifth on floor and sixth on beam.
Paul Juda will be the busiest of the U.S. men, qualifying on both vault and high bar. Khoi Young, who won a silver medal on pommel horse Saturday, also is in the vault final. Asher Hong and Yul Moldauer will compete on parallel bars.
