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Rebeca Andrade, Simone Biles’ Paris rival, is back and winning gymnastics gold again

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — Simone Biles has spent much of her career leaving the rest of gymnastics behind, but Rebeca Andrade did something almost nobody else could — she made the greatest gymnast in history look over her shoulder.

On Saturday, Andrade won her third world vault title in Rotterdam, joining China’s Cheng Fei as the only women to achieve the feat and taking her career tally to 10 World Championships medals.

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The Brazilian, 27, returned to the World Championships after three years away, five knee operations and a decision to abandon the floor exercise, in which she defeated Biles at the Paris

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