Madrid, 20 Sep (EFE).- American Simone Biles will compete from 30th place in Antwerp (Belgium) for her sixth artistic gymnastics world championship, after achieving the best mark this Tuesday at the selective camp in Katy (Texas) and securing the result a place on his country’s team.

Despite falling on the uneven bars and vault and leaving the mat, her training allowed her to score 55.70 points, more than any other candidate, ahead of Shilese Jones who scored 55.30.

The four-time Olympic champion, considered the best specialist of all time, retired at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics due to mental health problems and did not return to competition until last August.

After winning the US Classic, he declared his intention to attend the world championships and the Paris Olympics, for which the American team had qualified.

The remaining five team members will be announced when selective camp concludes this Wednesday.

Biles will compete in Antwerp in search of her sixth absolute world title. The first was achieved precisely in the city of Belgium in 2013, followed by Nanning (China) 2014, Glasgow (England) 2015, Doha 2018 and Stuttgart (Germany) 2019.

In total, between individual and team events, Biles collected 19 gold, three silver and three bronze medals in the world.

Defending the world title is Rebeca Andrade from Brazil, last year’s winner in Liverpool (England) in the absence of the American. The match in Antwerp will be the fourth match between the two in the top-level tournament.

At the 2016 Rio Olympics, where Biles won gold, Andrade finished eleventh. The Brazilian’s first world championships took place in 2018, where he only competed in the team competition. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Andrade (by then she had already undergone three operations due to torn ligaments in her right knee) was declared Olympic runner-up, while Biles did not participate in the individual competition due to the aforementioned health problems.