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Gold medalist Simone
Biles of the United States
performs on the floor in the
women's apparatus finals
at the Gymnastics World
Championships in Stuttgart,
Germany, Sunday, Oct. 13,
2019.
Associated Press
Simone Biles

sets all-time

medal record

at gymnastics

worlds

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH
AP Sports Writer
STUTTGART, Germany (AP)
— Everyone counts Simone
Biles' medals except Sim-
one Biles.
Winning her 24th and 25th
world championship med-
als in beam and floor Sun-
day put the United States
gymnast top of the all-time
medal charts for the cham- McLaurin helps Redskins earn
pionships.
Biles won five gold medals 1st win against Dolphins, 17-16
this week. If she can repeat
that at next year's Olym-
pics it would be a feat no
female gymnast has man- Washington Redskins tight end Jeremy Sprinkle (87)
aged at a single Games. congratulates wide receiver Terry McLaurin (17) after
But for Biles, it's not about McLaurin scored a touchdown, during the second half at
the statistics. an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins, Sunday,
"I can't be more thrilled
with the performance Oct. 13, 2019, in Miami Gardens, Fla.
that I put out at this world Associated Press
championships," she said. Page 20
The medal record? "I'm not
a number person."
Aged 22, she's a hero to
younger gymnasts who
grew up watching her rou-
tines.

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