Published: November 01, 2018
- American is first woman to win four all-around world titles
- Biles, 21, wins title despite falls on balance beam and vault
- Murakami and Hurd capture silver and bronze respectively
Simone Biles overcame a series of uncharacteristic mistakes to become the first woman to win four all-around world championships on Thursday in Doha.
The 21-year-old American, despite falls on the balance beam and vault, finished with a score of 57.491, seeing off Japan’s Mai Murakami, who finished 1.693 points behind for the silver. Morgan Hurd, last year’s world champion in Biles’ absence, finished 0.066 behind Murakami for bronze.
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