Rebeca Andrade of Brazil denied Biles a 22nd world title by winning the vault competition ahead of the American superstar.
Biles' second vault was an excellent Cheng to finish with a combined score of 14.549.
Andrade was nearly flawless to snatch the gold medal by a margin of 0.201 points.
Asked whether she would try the Yurchenko double pike in competition, Andrade said it would be a “crazy” thing to do.
Olympic champion Artem Dolgopyat of Israel won the floor title with 14.866 points ahead of Kazuki Minami of Japan.
Persons:
Simone Biles, Biles, Rebeca Andrade, Cheng, Andrade, Yeo Seo, jeong, Laurent Landi, Andrade —, Shilese Jones, Qiu Qiyuan, Kaylia, Rhys McClenaghan, Ahmad Abu Al, Soud, Young, Artem Dolgopyat, Kazuki Minami, Milad, ___
Organizations:
Biles, U.S, Tokyo, U.S men's, Israel
Locations:
ANTWERP, Belgium, Brazil, South Korea, China, Algeria, U.S, Belgian, Biles, Khoi, United States, Japan, Kazakhstan