Simone Biles won a record ninth U.S. all-around championship in Fort Worth, Texas, earning her an automatic berth to the U.S.
Olympic Trials ahead of the Paris Games. Biles, the 37-time world and Olympic medalist, also won national titles on all four apparatuses at the U.S. Championships. The top two finishers — Biles and Skye Blakely — automatically qualified for the Olympic Trials, which will be held June 27-30 in Minneapolis. The gymnasts representing the U.S. at the Paris Olympics this summer will be named then. Kayla DiCello, Suni Lee and Jordan Chiles rounded out the top five.
She placed fourth in the all-around, but her world class routines on the beam and the uneven bars make her a top contender for the Paris team. On the first of two days of competition in Fort Worth, Biles distanced herself from the rest of the field, retaining a 3.4-point lead over her closest competitor with a 60.450 in the all-around. Biles' score Friday was her highest since the Olympic Trials in 2021.
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