IAmerican Simone Biles will compete from the 30th in Antwerp (Belgium) her sixth artistic gymnastics world championshipsafter achieving the best marks this Tuesday at the selective camp in Katy (Texas) and thus securing a place on the team of his country.

Despite falling on the uneven bars and on the vault and leaving the mat on the floor, His practice allowed him to add 55.70 points, more than any other candidate, ahead of Shilese Jones 55.30.

Quadruple Olympic champion, considered the best specialist of all time, retired during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics suffered from mental health problems and did not return to competition until last August.

After later winning the US Classic, expressed his intention to attend the world championships and the Paris Olympics, for which the American team has already 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. The total is between individual and team events, Biles has 19 golds, three silvers and three bronzes at worlds.

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 (at that time he had undergone three operations due to torn ligaments in his right knee) was declared the Olympic runner-up, while Biles did not participate in the individual contest due to the aforementioned health concerns.