OlympicTalk · Oct 5, 2019
Simone Biles gets two skills named after her; U.S. dominates gymnastics worlds qualifying
Simone Biles and the U.S. women’s gymnastics team finished qualifying at the world championships in the same familiar position — in first place by a comfortable margin.
Biles had the highest all-around scored by 2.266 points over countrywoman Sunisa Lee. Biles and Lee led the U.S. to a team score of 174.205, which was 5.044 points ahead of second-place China.
“I’m pretty pleased,” Biles said. “I feel like I have a lot of pressure being put on me.
“My main goal going into tonight was to not be great, but just to do well. … It’s always nerve-racking because qualifications qualifies you into everything. Waking up, it’s just like, oh gosh, what’s going to happen tonight.”