STUTTGART, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- US gymnast Simone Biles has successfully defended her title Saturday on the women's vault to tie the record of most medals from the gymnastics world championships.
Biles collected 15.399 points by sticking the landing on her two vaults. Her teammate Jade Carey took the silver on 14.883, with Ellie Downie of Britain third on 14.816.
The gold medal gave Biles her 23rd career world championship medals, equaling the mark set by Belarusian Vitaly Scherbo for any gymnast, male or female.
Carlos Yulo became the Philippines' first world champion with victory in the men's floor exercise.
As last year's bronze medalist, Yulo performed the most difficult routine among the eight finalists to score 15.3, beating Israel's Artem Dolgopyat by one-tenth of a point.
Xiao Ruoteng of China took bronze with 14.933.
