Simone Biles Just Made History at the World Gymnastics Championships
It’s been quite the winning streak for record-shattering gymnast Simone Biles: Last month, she became the first woman gymnast to land a certain kind of super-difficult vault in competition—and now, the 21-year-old has just made history two days in a row at this year’s world gymnastics championships in Doha, Qatar.
On Thursday night, Biles became the first American woman to win four all-around titles at the world gymnastics championships. On Friday, she broke another world record when she took home a gold medal on vault (though she didn’t perform the historic "Biles vault"). That decision led to her 13th world title, which is more gold medals than any gymnast, male or female, has ever won in the event's history.
Watch her record-making vault routine below:
As if that isn't amazing enough, Biles also took home silver on the bars. Despite making history in more ways than one, however, Biles isn't what you'd call ecstatic: As she wrote on Instagram, “Although I still placed 1st and MADE HISTORY I’m not entirely pleased with my performance. I’m still trying to find my confidence. But I won’t give up.”
But stay tuned, Biles fans: She might leave the competition with even more medals as she is set to compete in floor exercise (she’s the reigning Olympic champion) and balance beam later today. There's one more record she might clear, too: According to NBC, if her winning streak keeps up, Biles will become the first woman to medal in every event since 1987.
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