In the last national championships, Simone Biles had to speak for presenting himself with a uniform that bore his name written in glitter and a goat underneath. In Anglo-Saxon sport the goat ('goat') is the colloquial way of referring to the greatest of all time (the acronym for Greatest Of All Time ). There was someone who took a gesture of chulería, but for whoever wants it there is his medal: he was already the gymnast, man or woman, with more golds in the history of the World Cups (17) and, from this Saturday, already tied with the Belarusian Vitaly Scherbo as the one who has won the most medals (23).

Not to mention that there are still the asymmetric bars (their looser discipline, although in the last championship it was silver) and on Sunday two strong points, the balance bar and the ground (it is the only one that has gotten into the final four ). That since she debuted in 2013 she debuted in international tournaments has been the champion of the complete individual competition in each national, world or Olympic championship in which she has participated, which are all except the parenthesis that was taken in 2017 (12 in total). Or that this Thursday he won with the greatest distance over the rest (2,100) of his career.

Because although Simone Biles was one of the great sensations of Rio 2016 (four golds and a bronze), it is possible that he has become even stronger from that parenthesis that was taken two years ago. More powerful if possible and even more precise, an aspect of his style that can sometimes be overlooked before the powerful athletic demonstration of each exercise. When in the final jump he landed like a nail in his second attempt, two meters farther than any other rival and without the slightest correction upon landing, a laugh escaped that gave her away as world champion.

Another three ahead

Champion without discussion: Biles (15,399) outperformed any of his rivals. And his two jumps (15,333 and 15,466) were the two best in the entire contest. His compatriot Jade Carey, who started with the best score in the qualifying round, had to settle for silver (14,883) and British Elissa Downie was left with bronze (14,816).

Biles tells his tests for gold medals at the Stuttgart World Cup and still has another three ahead with which to try to break the tie with Scherbo and, why not, improve even more if his performance last year in Doha fits. Then he won medals in all disciplines (6), including his first asymmetric. There were four golds, one silver and one bronze. At the moment he has three of three in Germany.

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