United States gymnast and Olympian Simone Biles won her record-tying seventh national women’s all-around championship this weekend.
Biles, a five-time Olympic medalist, finished first at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships in Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday. The 24-year-old won with a score of 119.650, eclipsing second-place finisher Sunisa Lee by 4.7 points. Biles’s teammate Jordan Chiles finished in third.
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“I feel like every single championship stands out for a different reason, but this one stands out specifically because it’s the road to Tokyo,” Biles, who grew up in Texas, said in a statement. “We came out here, and we did what we were supposed to.”
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Sunday’s floor routine was set to a song from Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift, which included a move called “The Biles,” which had never been done before.
Biles’s seventh championship helped her surpass Clara Schroth-Lomady’s six, bringing her to a tie with Alfred Jochim for the most titles won by any American. Next, Biles will look to become the first woman to win back-to-back Olympics in gymnastics in more than 50 years at the Tokyo Games.
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She is one of 18 gymnasts who were named to the Olympic team trials, which are scheduled for the end of the month in St. Louis. Five people will be selected to participate in the Olympics, which will take place starting July 23 and spans about two weeks.
