Let's take a look back at the Top 10 All Time World Championship Moments! Let us know your favorite moment in the comments below. 

 

1. 2011 USA Women's Team Champions

The odds were against them after losing Alicia Sacramone to an achilles tear in training, but the American team of 5 young gymnasts competed like veterans in Tokyo. 

 

 

2. Simone Biles Wins All-Around Gold at the 2013 World Championships. 

This is the floor routine that secured Biles' all-around gold (2013) 

 

 

3. Kohei Uchimura of Japan wins his 4th straight World Championship Title in 2013 

 

 

4. Alicia Sacramone is the 2010 Women's Vault Champion

After retiring from gymnastics in 2008 then making a surprise comeback early this year, Alicia finally won gold on her best event! 

 

 

5. China is the 2011 Men's Team Champions

 Despite a lackluster performance on the qualification day, the Chinese men were once again dominant and successfully defended their World title anchored by an incredible floor routine from 2008 Olympic Floor Champion Zou Kai. 

 

 

6. Jordyn Wieber is the 2011 Women's All Around Champion

In a heated battle, Jordyn Wieber of USA edged Viktoria Komova of Russia for the elusive World All Around title by 0.033 tenths of a point!  

 

 

7. Sui Lu of China is the 2011 Balance Beam Champion

Sui Lu performed a stunningly beautiful beam routine with a stuck double pike dismount to capture the gold medal by more than six tenths.

 

8. MaKayla Maroney Vaults to Redemption (2013) 

 

 

9. Shawn Johnson Wins the All-Around Gold Medal in 2007. 

Watch her all-around performance! 

 

 

10. Aliya Mustafina is the 2010 Women's All Around Champion

Watch her routine that clinched her the gold medal! 

 

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