Simone Biles claims record 13th world gold medal

AFP  |  Doha 

Superstar became the first-ever gymnast to win 13 gold medals with victory in the individual vault competition here on Friday.

The 21-year-old American broke the all-time record set by Belarusian male gymnast in 1996, a year before was born.

It was Biles' third gold medal of the week so far in and she is halfway to a possible sweep of six gold medals at these championships.

This was also her 17th medal overall, which means she is just three shy of the all-time record of 20, held by Russia's

Favourite to take gold in the event, she received a mark of 15.366, well ahead of second-placed Shallon Olsen from Canada, who finished on 14.516. Bronze went to Mexico's Alexa Moreno, with 43-year-old in fourth.

has another chance of a gold medal later on Friday in the uneven bars event.

Earlier, all-around gold medal winner won the men's floor exercise gold medal.

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First Published: Fri, November 02 2018. 22:15 IST