Simone Biles won the womenB次元官网网址檚 vault competition at the gymnastics world championships on Saturday to tie the record for most world medals by any gymnast, but couldnB次元官网网址檛 add another in the uneven bars.

Biles successfully defended her vault title on Saturday by sticking the landing on her two vaults, a Cheng and an Amanar, for a score of 15.399. BilesB次元官网网址� U.S. teammate Jade Carey took the silver on 14.883, with Ellie Downie of Britain third on 14.816.

That took Biles to 23 career world championship medals, equaling the mark set by Belarusian Vitaly Scherbo for any gymnast, male or female.

The 22-year-old American had the chance to make it 24 in the uneven bars, but couldnB次元官网网址檛 repeat her silver-medal performance from last year and finished fifth.

Belgian uneven bars specialist Nina Derwael retained her world title with a score of 15.233, ahead of BritainB次元官网网址檚 Becky Downie on 15, one of two sisters to win medals Saturday. Sunisa Lee took bronze for the U.S. on 14.8.

Biles scored 14.7, finishing by sticking the landing on a dismount with two flips and two twists. The uneven bars has traditionally been her weakest event and was the only one in which she didnB次元官网网址檛 win a medal at the 2016 Olympics.

Of BilesB次元官网网址� 23 world championship medals, 17 are gold against 11 for Scherbo, who won his from 1991 through 1996. Scherbo competed at four world championships, against BilesB次元官网网址� five, but the menB次元官网网址檚 program contains more events.

Biles came into the world championships tied as womenB次元官网网址檚 record-holder on 20 with Svetlana Khorkina, but broke the tie with team gold Tuesday before winning her fifth individual all-around gold two days later.

A year after becoming the PhilippinesB次元官网网址� first gymnast to win a medal, Carlos Yulo became his countryB次元官网网址檚 first world champion with victory in the menB次元官网网址檚 floor exercise.

Last yearB次元官网网址檚 bronze medallist , Yulo performed the most difficult routine of any of the eight finalists to score 15.3 and beat IsraelB次元官网网址檚 Artem Dolgopyat by one-tenth of a point. Xiao Ruoteng of China took bronze with 14.933.

Yulo said he hoped his win would improve the popularity of gymnastics in the Philippines.

B次元官网网址淔ilipinos, they like basketball, but weB次元官网网址檙e small. Maybe they should try gymnastics first. ItB次元官网网址檚 more fun,B次元官网网址� said Yulo, who trains in Japan.

BritainB次元官网网址檚 Olympic champion Max Whitlock won his third world title in pommel horse, scoring 15.5 with a near-flawless routine.

Lee Chih-Kai took silver for Taiwan on 15.433, while Rhys McClenaghan won the bronze on 15.4 as the first Irish gymnast ever to compete in a world championship final.

James Ellingworth, The Associated Press

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