Gymnasticsurn:uuid:fcc1a6df-83a2-f468-5b46-42402ab36d112012-02-07T07:30:00-06:00ASF Gymnast Wins Gold At World Championshipsurn:uuid:5c3da575-7d94-1e8c-9a6d-237d4717a9262009-11-19T00:00:00-06:00Kayla Williams, a gymnast who competed in the Arnold Gymnastics Challenge in March 2009 and won a Columbus Rotary Scholarship, has become the first U.S. woman to win a gold medal in vault at the World Gymnastics Championships. Kayla Williams, 16, of Huntington, W.Va., dominated the vault at the World Gymnastics Championships in London in October with a composite score of 15.087, besting European vault champion Ariella Kareslin by more than half a point and Olympic champion Hong Un-jong by more than a point.]]>
Kayla Williams, a gymnast who competed in the Arnold Gymnastics Challenge in March 2009 and won a Columbus Rotary Scholarship, has become the first U.S. woman to win a gold medal in vault at the World Gymnastics Championships. Kayla Williams, 16, of Huntington, W.Va., dominated the vault at the World Gymnastics Championships in London in October with a composite score of 15.087, besting European vault champion Ariella Kareslin by more than half a point and Olympic champion Hong Un-jong by more than a point.]]>