Angelina Melnikova, a neutral athlete from Russia, edged American Leanne Wong to win the world all-around gymnastics title by one tenth of a point.

Melnikova, third going into the last rotation (but just .133 out of first), scored a clutch 13.466 on floor exercise, which was .366 higher than she scored in qualifying.

Melnikova was crucially given a one tenth penalty for going out of bounds once on floor rather than a possible three tenths penalty. She rebounded from a balance beam fall in the third of four rotations.

Melnikova also won the 2021 World all-around title over Wong (by .292). This year’s margin was the closest since American Morgan Hurd won in 2017, also by one tenth.

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Melnikova had not been to a global championshi

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