Simone Biles nails her eponymous 'Biles II' vault in practice
Olympic gymnastics kicks off this weekend in Paris and Simone Biles is looking better than ever.
Olympic gymnastics kicks off this weekend in Paris and Simone Biles is looking better than ever.
In Thursday's podium training, which is akin to a “dress rehearsal” for Olympic competition, Simone Biles stuck her eponymous Yurchenko double pike vault cold. The skill, which bears her name because she was the first woman to perform it, is notoriously hard to land cleanly.
Because under-doing the vault can be so dangerous, Biles often over-rotates the skill, resulting in a fall or several backwards steps. The difficulty rating of the skill is so high (6.4) that she is capable of receiving a huge score – and even contending for a vault medal – with a fall.
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When Biles sticks it, it's pure magic.
https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/olympics/simone-biles-vault-practice-rcna163618
Rating: 5