The Women's National Gymnastics Team, led by Simone Biles, has cemented a spot in sports history with its seventh consecutive world championship title.The 26-year-old Biles, who made her return to elite gymnastics just two months, ago helped carry Team USA to a record-breaking gold medal at the world championships in Antwerp, Belgium on Wednesday.Biles sealed the deal with a floor routine in the final rotation which earned the highest score of the day and solidified the team's victory by more than two points over Brazil.This win adds to Biles' status as the most decorated female gymnast in history, with 33 combined medals now. Breakout star Leanne Wong, 20, stepped up at a moment's notice to compete in Joscelyn Roberson's place in both vault and floor routine after Roberson injured her ankle during warmups, forcing her out of the competition. "We had an incredible night. I'm just so proud of this team," Wong told "Good Morning America" Thursday morning from Belgium. "I know it wasn't easy, but we fought through every event, every skill and every routine -- winning the seven straight gold medal is pretty impressive."
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00:00 U.S. women's gymnastics team wins historic seventh consecutive world championship title.
00:05 The women's national gymnastics team, led by Simone Biles, has cemented a spot in sports
00:11 history with its seventh consecutive world championship title. The 26-year-old Biles,
00:17 who made her return to elite gymnastics just two months ago helped carry Team USA to a record
00:24 breaking gold medal at the World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium on Wednesday. Biles sealed the
00:30 deal with a floor routine in the final rotation which earned the highest score of the day and
00:34 solidified the team's victory by more than two points over Brazil. This win adds to Biles' status
00:41 as the most decorated female gymnast in history, with three three combined medals now. Breakout
00:47 star Lian Wang, 20, stepped up at a moment's notice to compete in Jocelyn Roberson's place in both
00:54 vault and floor routine after Roberson injured her ankle during warm-ups, forcing her out of
00:59 the competition. "Incredible night. I'm just so proud of this team," Wang told Good Morning America,
01:06 Thursday morning from Belgium. "I know it wasn't easy, but we fought through every event,
01:12 every skill and every routine. Winning the seven straight gold medal is pretty impressive."