Of 21 medals Biles won this is her 15th career gold medal, breaking a tie with the Russian gymnast Svetlana Khorkina. She now breaks the record for the most medals by a woman at the world championships, two steps away from breaking Vitaly Scherbo’s all-time record — men or women — of 23.
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Simone Biles, the first woman to win four individual all-around world championships in Doha, has decided to retire after the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. The 22-year-old American gymnast who had suffered from a kidney stone and other minor injuries said a difficult training programme has left her body feeling like it is “falling apart.” Biles said, “I definitely […]
A fifteen-year-old British Pakistani girl has broken all records by bagging 64 gold medals in Karate. She achieved the feat after winning Karate matches across England. How It Started Myra Nasim was just five when she was drawn towards the art of Karate. Seeing her older brother train in karate at a local community centre […]
The unstoppable Simone Biles on Thursday became the first woman to win four individual all-around world championships in Doha. The American again created gymnastics history when she won despite suffering from a kidney stone problem. She had made a few uncharacteristic errors in two of the disciplines, the vault and beam, but ultimately claimed her 12th world title. […]
After the 2016 Rio Olympics success, gymnast Simone Biles has now reached new heights. Despite having just been diagnosed with a kidney stone, Biles performed brilliantly at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Qatar on Saturday, where she recorded the highest scores for three events. The Olympic champion successfully secured the highest individual scores. She came in first […]
You have seen her wow gymnastics moves in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Having won five Olympic medals, four of them gold, Simone Biles needn’t have worried about her performance at the US Classic in Columbus, Ohio, on July 28. But the Olympic gold medalist was off the podium since 2016 and hence a bit nervous. Nevertheless, after the […]
It was a phenomenal week for India and its sports history. Gymnast Aruna Budda Reddy added a new chapter when she became India’s first ever World Cup medal winner on Saturday. “My moment of glory has finally arrived,” an ecstatic Aruna told TOI from Melbourne No Indian has ever bagged this honour in women’s vaults. Aruna […]
Get inspired! Work on your strength! Dig up your weaknesses! That’s how sportsmanship works, doesn’t it? But here today we’re talking about the spirit of sportsWOMANship. The champion women in sports never feared discouragement, or limit themselves from achieving what they wanted. Also Read: ‘Da Da Ding’ and get sporty: Nike tells Indian women The Real […]
Young shuttler Samiya Imad Farooqui on Sunday (Oct 8) bagged the gold medal at the Under-15 women’s singles competition at the Asian Junior Championship. https://twitter.com/SportsInsiderD/status/917271503732797441 Asian Junior Championship: Indian shuttler #SamiyaImadFarooqui clinches gold medal at U-15 women's singles competition. — All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) October 8, 2017 The 14-year-old defeated Indonesia’s Widjaja Stephani 15-21, 21-17, […]
