Simone Biles.Photo:Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty
Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty
Simone Biles’ floor routine was a golden one.
The 26-year-old’s routinehelped secure the win for Team USAat the2023 World Gymnastics Championshipsin Antwerp, Belgium on Wednesday.
But the win wasn’t a guarantee, and all eyes were on Biles going into the final event, the floor. The Olympic gymnast needed to score over 13.3 to clinch the gold, but her impressive routine saw her receive a huge 15.166.
The floor routine, which led Team USA to their seventh consecutive team gold, was packed with difficult skills including a double layout with a full twist.
As her score was announced and Team USA’s win was confirmed, a shocked and delighted Biles could be seen hugging her teammate Roberson, 17, before celebrating with the rest of the team and their coaches.
According toThe Washington Post, Roberson did not compete in the team final due to an injury she suffered during warmups on the vault.
Biles’ floor routine came after shelanded one of the world’s most difficult vaultsdays earlier in the competition.
Simone Biles.Pier Marco Tacca/Getty
Pier Marco Tacca/Getty
In sticking the landing, the vault — which Biles had also landed at the U.S. National Championships weeks before — is now known as the “Biles II.”
According toNBC Sports, at the World Championships the vault was graded 6.4 in difficulty. The most challenging vault at last year’s competition was rated a 5.6.
Team USA at the World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.Tom Weller/picture alliance via Getty
Tom Weller/picture alliance via Getty
Biles returned to gymnastics earlier this year following a two-year break, during which shetied the knotwith husbandJonathan Owens.
In August, Bilestold PEOPLEthat she was nervous about getting back into competing, despite having seven Olympic medals under her belt.
Simone Biles.Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty
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“I feel like in the very beginning I was very nervous, obviously to step back out there because a lot of athletes when they take a couple years off, you have a little bit of doubt if you’re going to even be the same athlete you were, how strong you were going to be,” she said.
“So classic, I kind of tiptoed my way in there, just tried to get the meet done and over with, kind of make sure I still had that confidence and that belief in myself."
source: people.com
