Majestic Biles sets record of 25 world gymnastics medals

USA's Simone Biles reacts after performing on the vault during the apparatus finals at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart, southern Germany, on October 12, 2019. Lionel Bonaventure/AFP

STUTTGART, Germany — US gymnastics queen Simone Biles won her fourth and fifth gold at the world championships in the women's beam and floor finals on Sunday to set a new all-time record of 24 worlds medals.

The 22-year-old also extended her own record of 18 worlds golds after success earlier this week in the team, all-round and vault events with the USA team in Stuttgart.

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The moment @Simone_Biles found out she had become the most decorated World Championship gymnast!

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China's Liu Tingting, 19, took silver on the beam with 16-year-old team-mate Li Shijia earning bronze.

Her victory on the beam makes Biles the most decorated gymnast in history, bettering the previous all-time record of 23 world medals won by men's star Vitaly Scherbo of Belarus in the 1990s.

Biles finished these championships in Stuttgart with five golds.

The only blot on Biles' near-perfect record so far in Stuttgart came in Saturday's uneven bars final when she finished fifth. — Agence France-Presse