Simone Biles & Danell Leyva Nominated For Team USA's Best of November Award
Simone Biles & Danell Leyva Nominated For Team USA's Best of November Award
Simone Biles and Danell Leyva have been nominated for Team USA's Best of November award following their performances at the 2015 World Championships. Fans c
Simone Biles and Danell Leyva have been nominated for Team USA's Best of November award following their performances at the 2015 World Championships. Fans can vote here.
Biles won her third consecutive all-around title at last month's World Championships, becoming the first female gymnast in history to win three titles in a row. She also earned a gold in the team competition, gold on beam and floor, and bronze on vault. She now has a total of 10 world gold medals and 14 world medals total. She has the most world medals of a female American and the most world gold medals out of any female gymnast in history. What's even more exciting is that Biles is only 18 and has only been eligible for senior competition for three years. At the rate she is going, there are many more medals and record breaking feats in her future.
Leyva also had a successful World Championships where he earned a silver medal on high bar, bringing his total world medals to five. Leyva also qualified for the parallel bars and all-around final. In the team final, Leyva was a crucial part of USA's fifth place finish which qualified them as a team to the 2016 Rio Olympics.
For this award, Biles is nominated along with speed skater Brittany Bowe, water skier Regina Jaquess, Paralympic track and field athlete Tatyana McFadden, and alpine skier Mikeala Shiffrin. Leyva is up against speed skater Joey Mantia, fencer Alex Massialas, Paralympic snowboarder Michael Minor, and wrestler Logan Stieber.
The third category for this award is the Olympic/Paralympic team of the month. Even after the women's gold medal in the team competition at Worlds, they did not end up on the final list of nominees which only include the U.S. men's foil team, figure skating duo Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani, and the U.S. women's national ice hockey team.
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Biles won her third consecutive all-around title at last month's World Championships, becoming the first female gymnast in history to win three titles in a row. She also earned a gold in the team competition, gold on beam and floor, and bronze on vault. She now has a total of 10 world gold medals and 14 world medals total. She has the most world medals of a female American and the most world gold medals out of any female gymnast in history. What's even more exciting is that Biles is only 18 and has only been eligible for senior competition for three years. At the rate she is going, there are many more medals and record breaking feats in her future.
Leyva also had a successful World Championships where he earned a silver medal on high bar, bringing his total world medals to five. Leyva also qualified for the parallel bars and all-around final. In the team final, Leyva was a crucial part of USA's fifth place finish which qualified them as a team to the 2016 Rio Olympics.
For this award, Biles is nominated along with speed skater Brittany Bowe, water skier Regina Jaquess, Paralympic track and field athlete Tatyana McFadden, and alpine skier Mikeala Shiffrin. Leyva is up against speed skater Joey Mantia, fencer Alex Massialas, Paralympic snowboarder Michael Minor, and wrestler Logan Stieber.
The third category for this award is the Olympic/Paralympic team of the month. Even after the women's gold medal in the team competition at Worlds, they did not end up on the final list of nominees which only include the U.S. men's foil team, figure skating duo Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani, and the U.S. women's national ice hockey team.
Related:
Beyond the Routine with Simone Biles
Simone Biles: Lonely at the Top