Simone Biles Becomes First Woman To Win Four All-Around World Titles

The unstoppable Simone Biles on Thursday became the first woman to win four individual all-around world championships in Doha. The American again created gymnastics history when she won despite suffering from a kidney stone problem.

She had made a few uncharacteristic errors in two of the disciplines, the vault and beam, but ultimately claimed her 12th world title.

The 21-year-old beat Japan's Mai Murakami and American teammate Morgan Hurd by more than 1.6 points. With this win, Biles remains to equal the record of 20 world championship medals set by Russia's Svetlana Khorkina. Biles finished with 57.491 points as Hurd was edged into bronze with 55.732 points while Murakami who took silver.

According to reports, the margin of victory marked the largest of her four all-around world titles.

2018 World Championships All-Around Final Results
1. Simone Biles USA 57.491🥇
2. Mai Murakami JPN 55.798 🥈
3. Morgan Hurd USA 55.732 🥉
4. Nina Derwael BEL 55.699
5. Angelina Melnikova RUS 55.698
6. Melanie De Jesus Dos Santos 55.599
7. Chen Yile CHN 54.632#DohaGym2018 pic.twitter.com/GoBsYi2HyE

— FloGymnastics (@FloGymnastics) November 1, 2018

Biles is battling a kidney stone that she didn't remove before the competition. "It's not the gymnast that I am, to go out there and kind of bomb a meet like this," said Biles after the all-around score of 57.491. "Even though I won, I wish it were a little bit different," Firstpost reported.

.@Simone_Biles wins the 2018 World AA Title! 🥇 @morgihurd gets the bronze! 🥉

Simone's 1.693 margin of victory is the largest of her four titles. She's the first to ever win four World all-around titles. #DohaGym2018 pic.twitter.com/hR3kIoLuQ0

— USA Gymnastics (@USAGym) November 1, 2018

In addition to the all-around, Biles led the US this week to team gold. She can still add to her medal haul in the individual vault, uneven bars, beam and floor events.

Despite falling after landing her new vault, Simone Biles 🇺🇸 is leading the Women's All-around Final @DohaGym2018
Rival Morgan Hurd 🇺🇸 is just 0.325 points behind at the halfway point
Live scores 👉 https://t.co/Rj8MU7CgJO#DohaGym2018 #GoGymtastic pic.twitter.com/KXfCiQl9VW

— FIG (@gymnastics) November 1, 2018

In August this year, Biles won a record-breaking fifth US all-around title at the US Gymnastics Championships. During the event, Biles bagged gold in all four events: floor exercise, balance beam, vault and uneven bars, Yahoo reported. Before this, she had taken a 23-month break.

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Before the break, Biles had made a record at the Rio Olympics. Arguably one of the best performers in the history of the sport, the American defeated Russia and China in the team all-around by a wide margin and won the women’s individual all-around by a solid two points. The American is also the three-time world champ.

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