{"id":310,"date":"2013-10-07T17:47:58","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T17:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/sports\/long-beach-s-mckayla-maroney-defends-gold-at-world-vault-championship\/"},"modified":"2013-10-07T17:47:58","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T17:47:58","slug":"long-beach-s-mckayla-maroney-defends-gold-at-world-vault-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/long-beach-s-mckayla-maroney-defends-gold-at-world-vault-championship","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach&#8217;s McKayla Maroney Defends Gold at World Vault Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6T0ccWrjHsU\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>World-class gymnast McKayla Maroney solidified herself as the world&#8217;s best female vaulter this weekend when she won gold for a second time at the World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the vault finals, Maroney stuck a high-flying Amanar vault and received a score of 15.966, the highest-scoring vault in the compeition. Her second run earned her a 15.724, earning her the gold medal over teammate and eventual all-around winner Simone Biles by .129.<\/p>\n<p>Biles took silver in the vault, making it the first time Americans had won both first and second place in a world championship meet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Maroney, a 17-year-old Long Beach native, won her first gold at the World Championships in 2011 and then took a silver medal in the event at the 2012 London Olympics after she landed a vault on her butt when she was all but poised to win gold. A photo of her &#8220;unimpressed&#8221; face on the podium soon went viral.<\/p>\n<p>But a broken leg bone and three surgeries later, Maroney returned to competition this summer, not just in the vault&#8211;her speciality&#8211;but in the other three gymnastics events, where she also picked up titles at the national championships in August.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be completely honest, it was kind of scary,\u201d Maroney said in a video interview published by USA Gymnastics. \u201cThere definitely was some pressure on me&#8230;Looking back isn\u2019t going to help you. 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