Brazil’s Andrade claims world vault title

Brazil’s Olympic vault champion Rebeca Andrade added world championship gold to her collection on Saturday, but missed out on a double after settling for silver in the uneven bars. Andrade finished well clear of her vault rivals in Kitakyushu, western Japan, but was second behind China’s Wei Xiaoyuan in the uneven bars. The Brazilian won all-around silver at the Tokyo Olympics this summer but dropped out of that event this week to save wear and tear on her body. She said she had no regrets about choosing to focus on the individual apparatus events, with Sunday’s balance beam final still to come.