Grace & Poise: Female Athletes Stun World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The competition in Qatar has marked the first time that the championships have been held in the Middle East.

US athlete Simone Biles won a fourth all-around title on the women's side. Another US competitor, defending champion Morgan Hurd, placed third. Japan's Mai Murakami recorded her country's highest-ever finish in the all-around, and her silver is Japan's first all-around medal on the women's side since Koko Tsurumi's bronze in 2009.

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Russian gymnast Irina Alekseeva performs exercises on a balance beam at the Women's All-Around Final at the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Doha.

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Russian gymnast Angelina Melnikova during the finals of the women's individual all-around final at the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Doha.

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Switzerland's Leonie Meier performs on the balance beam during qualifying sessions for the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Doha, Qatar.

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Japan's Mai Murakami competes in the women's all-around final at the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships at the Aspire Dome in Doha.

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American gymnast Simone Biles in the Women's Individual All-Around Final at the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships at the Aspire Dome in Doha.

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Canada's Elizabeth Black competes in the Women's All-Around Final of the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships at the Aspire Dome in Doha.

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American gymnast Simone Biles in the Women's Individual All-Around Final at the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships at the Aspire Dome in Doha.

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American gymnast Simone Biles in the Women's All-Around Final at the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships at the Aspire Dome in Doha.

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Russian gymnast Angelina Melnikova performs a vault during the Women's Individual All-Around Final at the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Doha.

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Brazil's Flavia Saraiva picks up speed as she runs toward the vault during qualifying sessions for the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships at the Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar.

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Russian gymnast Daria Spiridonova in the Women's All-Around Final at the 2018 world Artistic Gymnastics Championships at the Aspire Dome in Doha.

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Japan's Asuka Teramoto performs on the balance beam during the Women's All-Around Final of the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships at the Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar.

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Simone Biles of the US performs on the uneven bars during the Women's All-Around Final of the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships at the Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar.

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Japan's Mai Murakami, who won the silver medal in the Women's Individual All-Around Final of the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships at the Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar, during the awards ceremony.

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Russia's Alia Mustafina after performing exercises on the uneven bars in the Women's All-Around Final of the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships at the Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar.

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