Simone Biles has set the record by a female for career gold medals at the world gymnastics championships by winning the balance beam and floor exercise in Glasgow.
The 18-year-old now has 10 golds in all, breaking the mark held by Svetlana Khorkina, Gina Gogean and Larisa Latynina.
The three-time all-around champion posted a score 15.358 on beam, more than a point better than silver medallist Sanne Wevers of the Netherlands and bronze medalist Paulin Schaefer of Germany.
The margin was nearly as big on floor exercise, where her score of 15.800 beat Russia's Ksenia Afanaseva by seven tenths. American teammate Maggie Nichols earned a bronze medal.
The two golds during the event finals gave Biles 14 total medals since she made her debut at the championships in 2013.
She has won four gold medals at each of the last two world championships, more than any other country during that span.
Men's all-around champion Kohei Uchimura of Japan added a gold in the high bar final, just topping American Danell Leyva and Cuban teenager Manrique Larduet.
China's You Hao topped the field in the parallel bars final, with Oleg Verniaiev of the Ukraine second and Oleg Stepko of Azerbaijan third.
North Korea's Se Gwang Ri won his second straight gold in men's vault, edging Romania's Marian Dragulescu and Donnell Whittenburg of the US.
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