Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'ọnwa Ọktoba, Derwael gbara asọmpi na
Asọmpi Iko Mba Ụwa na Stuttgart. N'oge ntozu, o nyeere Belgium aka ịkwụsị n'ọnọdụ nke iri; ebe ha enwetaghị ikike maka egwuregwu egwuregwu, ha ruru eru dịka otu egwuregwu maka Egwuregwu Olympic 2020 na Tokyo. N'otu n'otu, Derwael tozuru oke maka egwuregwu niile gbara gburugburu, ogwe osisi na-adịghị larịị, na mmega ahụ n'ala. N'oge ikpeazụ niile, ọ kwụsịrị n'ọnọdụ nke ise mana ọ natara akara kachasị elu nke ụbọchị ahụ. N'oge asọmpi ikpeazụ nke osisi na-adịghị edozi, Derwael nwetara 15.233, na-enweta ihe nrite ọla edo ma na-agbachitere aha ụwa ya na osisi na-adịghị edozi. Derwael ghọrọ nwanyị nke ise n'akụkọ ihe mere eme nke World Championships iji chebe aha ya na-adịghị mma mgbe Maxi Gnauck (1981, 1983), Daniela Silivaș (1987, 1989), Svetlana Khorkina (1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001), na Fan Yilin (2015, 2017). Mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, ọ kwụsịrị n'asọmpi mmega ahụ n'ala, na-ekwu maka mmerụ ahụ ụkwụ ya gara aga na-achọ ịnọgide na ahụike na-eduga na Olympics.