Simone Biles won the women鈥檚 vault competition at the gymnastics world championships on Saturday to tie the record for most world medals by any gymnast, but couldn鈥檛 add another in the uneven bars.
Biles successfully defended her vault title on Saturday by sticking the landing on her two vaults, a Cheng and an Amanar, for a score of 15.399. Biles鈥� U.S. teammate Jade Carey took the silver on 14.883, with Ellie Downie of Britain third on 14.816.
That took Biles to 23 career world championship medals, equaling the mark set by Belarusian Vitaly Scherbo for any gymnast, male or female.
The 22-year-old American had the chance to make it 24 in the uneven bars, but couldn鈥檛 repeat her silver-medal performance from last year and finished fifth.
Belgian uneven bars specialist Nina Derwael retained her world title with a score of 15.233, ahead of Britain鈥檚 Becky Downie on 15, one of two sisters to win medals Saturday. Sunisa Lee took bronze for the U.S. on 14.8.
Biles scored 14.7, finishing by sticking the landing on a dismount with two flips and two twists. The uneven bars has traditionally been her weakest event and was the only one in which she didn鈥檛 win a medal at the 2016 Olympics.
Of Biles鈥� 23 world championship medals, 17 are gold against 11 for Scherbo, who won his from 1991 through 1996. Scherbo competed at four world championships, against Biles鈥� five, but the men鈥檚 program contains more events.
Biles came into the world championships tied as women鈥檚 record-holder on 20 with Svetlana Khorkina, but broke the tie with team gold Tuesday before winning her fifth individual all-around gold two days later.
A year after becoming the Philippines鈥� first gymnast to win a medal, Carlos Yulo became his country鈥檚 first world champion with victory in the men鈥檚 floor exercise.
Last year鈥檚 bronze medallist , Yulo performed the most difficult routine of any of the eight finalists to score 15.3 and beat Israel鈥檚 Artem Dolgopyat by one-tenth of a point. Xiao Ruoteng of China took bronze with 14.933.
Yulo said he hoped his win would improve the popularity of gymnastics in the Philippines.
鈥淔ilipinos, they like basketball, but we鈥檙e small. Maybe they should try gymnastics first. It鈥檚 more fun,鈥� said Yulo, who trains in Japan.
Britain鈥檚 Olympic champion Max Whitlock won his third world title in pommel horse, scoring 15.5 with a near-flawless routine.
Lee Chih-Kai took silver for Taiwan on 15.433, while Rhys McClenaghan won the bronze on 15.4 as the first Irish gymnast ever to compete in a world championship final.
James Ellingworth, The Associated Press
