Gymnastics-Blakely wins world all-around title after injury setbacks

ROTTERDAM, Oct 23 (Reuters) American Skye Blakely won the women s all-around title at the World Artistic ​Gymnastics Championships on Friday, completing ‌a comeback from an Achilles injury that derailed her bid for the 2024 Paris Olympics. The 21-year-old scored 55.733 points across ‌vault, ​uneven bars, balance ⁠beam and floor ⁠exercise at Ahoy Arena to claim her first individual world title. Russia s Liudmila Roshchina took silver with ​55.199, while China s Ke Qinqin, 16, finished third on 55.032. Blakely ruptured ⁠her right Achilles ⁠tendon during floor exercise training ​two days before the US Olympic ​trials in 2024, ending her bid ‌to qualify for the Paris Games. She had also missed the Tokyo Olympic trials in 2021 after ⁠tearing an elbow ligament. The victory marks a breakthrough for Blakely, who previously won team ⁠gold ‌at the 2022 and ⁠2023 world championships but had ​not ‌earned an individual world medal. She ​became ⁠the first American woman to win the world all-around