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"Before going up on floor, I was like, 'What do
I need? What do I need?' And usually you don't feel that
pressure, so I think the pressure was a little bit on but we
stood up to the occasion," said Biles.
The American, who has returned to international competition
after a two-year hiatus from the sport to protect her mental
health, won the first of her five world all-around titles at the
age of 16 a decade ago in Antwerp.
With a total of 33 world and Olympic medals, Biles equalled the
record of Vitaly Scherbo, who competed for the Soviet Union, the
Unified Team and Belarus.
"It wasn't our perfect meet today, we had a team mate go down (Joscelyn
Roberson), and we had some mistakes here and there, (but we)
just keep going, keep pushing, keep relying on our training
because it was not our best day and that was a little bit close
watching those standings," Biles added.
Brazil took second place with 165.530, led by 24-year-old Rebeca
Andrade, to become the first South American country to win an
Olympic or world team medal.
The French team took bronze with 164.064 following excellent
routines on the balance beam and vault, highlighted by the
performance of Melanie De Jesus Dos Santos, who trains at the
gym owned by Biles's family in Texas.
(Reporting by Angelica Medina in Mexico City; editing by Clare
Fallon and Toby Davis)
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