Olympics-Gymnastics-Biles bid for gold record continues

[ASFN Admin]

Simone Biles continued her quest to become the greatest female Olympian here in Tokyo on Tuesday as she chases down the six gold medals she needs to rewrite the Olympic record books. Biles, who is leading the United States' defence of their women's gymnastics team title, is looking to add to her haul of four gold medals won at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Winning the six golds on offer in Japan would lift Biles to 10 – one more than Russian gymnast Larisa Latynina’s women’s record of nine gold medals won over three Olympic Games: Melbourne 1956, Rome 1960 and Tokyo 1964, and confirm her status as the greatest gymnast of all time.

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