Simone Biles Sweeps Gold Medals at U.S. Championships
Simone Biles competes on the floor exercise at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships, in Boston
US Championships Gymnastics, Boston, USA – 19 Aug 2018
Simone Biles swept the all the gold medals at the U.S. Championships in Boston.
Already a four-time Olympic gold medalist, Biles became the first women to win all five golds at the national gymnastics championships since Dominique Dawkins in 1994.
She won the all-around by 6.55 points over 2017 Champion Morgan Hurd. This is the largest margin since 2006. To put it into even more perspective, the 6.55 point difference was more than what separated Hurd and the 11th-place gymnast.
At only 21 she is the first non-teen to win the U.S. women’s all-around since 1971.
This is only the second meet since her comeback. Biles took 14 months after the Rio Olympics before returning to training last November. She trained under new coaches Cecile and Laurent Landi.
It has only been three weeks since Biles has returned to competition. Want to know what her debut results were? Just a winning the U.S. Classic with an uneven bars fall.
“Confidence-wise and consistency, I still think we have a ways to go to get back up to where I was in Rio, but gymnastics-wise, [better than in 2016],” Biles said. “I think I’m finally starting to get it and understand it. I’ve understood gymnastics for a while now, but I think it’s really sinking in.” – Simone Biles (NBC Sports)
