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Gymnast Simone Biles Wins 5th All-Around World Championship

HeadlineOct 11, 2019

Four-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles won her fifth all-around world championship Thursday night at the World Gymnastics Championship in Stuttgart, Germany. She won by 2.1 points — the largest margin of victory in her career — and now holds 22 world medals. The African-American gymnast is a survivor of sexual assault by former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, who has been convicted of sexually assaulting and abusing more than 160 young female athletes.

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