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October 11, 2019

Gymnast Simone Biles Wins 5th All-Around World Championship
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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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