Gymnastics: Kaylia Nemour wins two world titles in Rotterdam
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Algérie 360
Algerian gymnast Kaylia Nemour won the balance-beam final at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam, after her title on the uneven bars. She becomes the first Algerian athlete to win two gold medals at one world championship, reports Algérie 360.
Algerian gymnast Kaylia Nemour won gold on the balance beam at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships on Sunday 25 October in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The title gives her a second gold medal in the competition, after her victory on the uneven bars the previous day, reports Algérie 360.
The double win is a first for Algeria at the World Championships: one athlete has won two titles on two different apparatuses at a single edition. Nemour won the uneven bars with 15.333 points, ahead of Germany’s Helen Kevric by half a point and the United States’ Skye Blakely.
The gymnast had also won the individual all-around at the Mediterranean Games in Taranto, with 57.750 points, before taking gold on the uneven bars there with 15.500 points. She then added a title on the balance beam at those Games.
The previous day, Nemour had retained her world title on the uneven bars in Rotterdam, a victory already reported in our article on her title.
