During that vault, she said she got lost in the air, only performing 1½ twists instead of 2½. “Simone Biles just landed her Yurchenko double pike in podium training and we are SPEECHLESS,” the official Twitter account for the Tokyo Olympics tweeted alongside a video that shows her performing the challenging vault. Simone Biles / Instagram 'For non-gymnasts, the fact that she balked mid-air and accidentally did a 1.5 on her first vault instead of a 2.5 is a big deal. Biles’s lone appearance in medal competition in Tokyo is the one vault she performed in the team final. ![]() Her dominance is built on an utter mastery of gymnastic basics: with a tiny 4 foot 8 frame, incredible athletic ability and power, plus a low centre of gravity. Biles won gold in the all-around, team, vault and floor, and bronze on the beam. I was just thinking: do it like training, she said on NBCSN. Visit Simone Biles profile and read the full biography, watch videos and read all the latest news. Biles successfully landed the vault, but took a hop and then step back. She is the first woman to compete the skill (and likely the first woman to train it). But she hasn’t reached the top yet-she’s continually leveling up. Simone Biles competed her new Yurchenko double pike for the first time at Saturday’s U.S. Vault, on which Biles won a gold medal in 2016, and the uneven bars are scheduled for Sunday night in Tokyo. She already has a combined total of 30 Olympic and World Championship medals, making her the most decorated gymnast in the country and the third most decorated gymnast in the world, NBD. Simone Biles has withdrawn from the vault and uneven bars competition. Simone Biles just landed a new double pike vault that has us convinced she’s superhuman. Obviously this goes without saying, but I am freakin’ stoked to see Simone potentially do this at the Tokyo Olympics! Simone Biles has withdrawn from the individual finals for vault and uneven bars, and her status for floor exercise and balance beam will be determined in the coming days, USA Gymnastics said. It’s a new vault and I’m proud of how today went.” As! She! Should! Be! “I have a tendency as soon as I raise my hand to kind of overpower things, and I did a little bit, but at least I was on my feet. ![]() Don’t try to, like, overdo anything,” Simone said after completing the skill. “I was just thinking, Do it like training. #USClassic /CmJYRidtfo- Team USA May 23, 2021 The first woman in history to land a Yurchenko double pike in competition.
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