Biles sets a record with a thirteenth title at the World Gymnastics Championships and his first gold medal in Belgium Now

Simone Biles wrote Friday's story by winning gold for the thirteenth time in the World Cup. The American was the best of the tournament in Doha. On the bridge, Nina Derwael gave Belgium the first gold medal in history in a world championship

Biles, 21, reached an average of 15,366 and thus had a big lead over Canadian Shallon Olsen, who won the silver medal with 14,516. The bronze medal goes to the Mexican Alexa Moreno (14,508).

With her thirteenth world title, Biles is now the only record holder. On Thursday, she became the world's all-around champion and with this twelfth title, she tied Belarusian record holder Vitaly Scherbo.

In Doha, Biles, who also won the gold medal with the US team in the national final, is qualified to all. four planes for the final. On three occasions, she achieved the best score in qualifying

Biles, Wevers competitor on beam

on Saturday, on the last day of the World Cup, Biles will also compete for gold. The American got the best score in qualifying and is considered a major competitor to Sanne Wevers, who finished fourth in the final.

Biles won the world title late earlier in 2014 and 2015. The Weavers, aged six, had Satisfied with money three years ago, however he won the gold Olympic in 2016.

In Doha, Biles is in action for the first time in a major tournament since the scandal of abuse in American gymnastics. She was one of 150 gymnasts who said they had been sexually assaulted by former team doctor Larry Nassar. He was sentenced to 175 years in prison earlier this year.

Derwael delivers Belgium's first gold medal

On the bridge, Derwael entered the final of the device as a favorite and achieved a near-perfect performance with a score of 15,200.

Biles, which was previously considered as its main competitor, rose to 14,700 and became second. The bronze medal was won by the German Elisabeth Seitz with 14,600.

Derwael, 18, was already twice champion of Europe at the bridge. Last year, she finished third at the World Championships in Montreal.

Russian Dalaloyan clinches second gold medal

In men's competition, Russian Artur Dalaloyan won his second gold medal at the World Championships in Doha on Friday. The all-around world champion won the floor title on the first day of the equipment finals.

Dalaloyan was the last to take action and left the Japanese Kenzo Shirai, fourth world title, on the ground. The Russian reached a score of 14,900. Shirai came to 14,866. The bronze medal was won by Filipino Carlos Edriel Yulo: 14,600.

In qualifying, Dalaloyan scored the same as Shirai, with both finishing at 14.833. The Russian was however qualified first because of a higher score for the execution, the score E.

On Wednesday, he had already won the final of the multiple contest and the rules of the tie had to make the decision. They fell in favor of the Russian, at the expense of defending champion Xiao Ruoteng, originally from China

Xiao won gold on horseback / yellow Friday. horse / solid. He defeated Max Whitlock, Olympic champion and two-time world champion. The Brit came last in action and got exactly the same score as the Chinese: 15.166. Even now, the E score should be the deciding factor. The bronze medal was for Lee Chih Kai of Taiwan: 14,966.