Simone Biles became the first woman to land the Yurchenko double pike vault at an international competition.
Simone Biles announced her return to the world stage in some style on Sunday as she sits in first place in the women's all-around qualification at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and became the first woman to land the Yurchenko double pike vault at an international competition.
Simone Biles became the first woman to land the Yurchenko double pike on the vault in a major competition.A high-difficulty skill historically only done by men, the element is a roundoff onto the springboard, followed by a back handspring onto the vaulting table, ending with a piked double backflip into the air to landing.
The US as a team posted an impressive qualifying score of 171.395, and though most other teams are yet to complete their own qualifying round, it seems virtually assured that the Americans will reach the team final given that their total bested the 167.263 that saw them qualify in first place last year.
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