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Reigning world all-around champion Simone Biles joined Kyla
Ross, Alyssa Baumann, Madison Kocian, Ashton Locklear and
MyKayla Skinner to score 179.280 points, 6.693 ahead of China.
Biles capped the team's strong performance with a lively floor
exercise routine.
Such was the U.S. domination that when Biles and Ross landed
off-kilter on the balance beam in the third rotation it still
had no real impact on the final outcome.
China, who claimed the men's team title for the sixth
consecutive time on Tuesday, overcame a mediocre performance on
the uneven bars in the second rotation to claim silver.
Russia finished third after Ekaterina Kramarenko fell on the
balance beam and Alla Sosnitskaya fell to her hands on the floor
exercise at the Guangxi Sports Centre Gymnasium in Nanning,
southern China.
The U.S. team had started the competition strong, registering
the highest total team score and the highest team scores on the
vault and floor exercise in qualification.
And there was no let up in the final.
The Americans were at their strongest in the vault, scoring more
than two points than any other team. They topped three of the
four apparatus to improve on their 4.082 victory margin against
Russia in the 2011 world championship in Tokyo.
(Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty; Editing by Peter Rutherford and
Justin Palmer)
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