Biles makes triumphant return after 2-year break

HOFFMAN, ESTATES—Four-time Olympic champion Simone Biles made a triumphant return to gymnastics after a two-year hiatus on Saturday, winning the US Classic in her first competition since the Tokyo Olympics.

Biles electrified a sellout crowd in suburban Chicago with a stunning performance, receiving an all-around judges’ total score of 59.100 points.

The 26-year-old American star had the meet’s top scores on vault, floor exercise and balance beam and was third overall on the uneven bars.

“Did it look like I was having fun? Oh thank God,” Biles said afterward. “I thought I was going to ____ bricks, but that’s good.”

Biles took a leave of absence from the sport due to mental health issues.

It can be recalled that her USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison after an emotional testimony by scores of women he sexually abused for years under the guise of medical treatment.

Minutes ahead of the sentencing, Nassar apologized in court to his victims, who included Olympic gold-medal winning gymnasts Biles, Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas and McKayla Maroney but also scores of female athletes at Michigan State University, where he worked .AFP

League Philippines said in a statement.

The Negrenses made up for their thirdplace finish last year.

This time, the Negrenses’ side swept their first six matches to secure a ticket to the finals where they faced the team from Milford, Connecticut.

The Filipina clouters scored a run in the second inning and pulled off two more in the sixth to clinch the title.

In reaching the finals, Team Philippines subdued District 9 Region (Washington) 19-0; Southeast Region (Florida) 4-1; Canada Region (Canada) 7-4; Central Region (Michigan) 10-0; West Region (Arizona) 4-0; and Southwest Region (Texas) 4-0.

Mayor Nicholas Yulo, who joined the team in Washington, lauded the players and the coaches “for a job well done and for the honor they brought to Bago City and the whole country.”

Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas holds his trophy as he celebrates his victory against Australia’s Alex de Minaur during their Mexico ATP Open 250 men’s singles final tennis match at Cabo Sports Complex in Los Cabos, Baja California, Mexico. AFP