Simone Biles is looking to become the only active gymnast to have an eponymous skill on all four events.
Simone Biles already has five gymnastics elements named after her. Now, she is going for another.The American superstar submitted an original skill on uneven bars to the International Gymnastics Federation on Friday. It makes her one of the four female gymnasts who may attempt new elements during the Paris Olympics .The new skill in Biles' supposedly 'weakest' event is a clear hip circle forward with 1.5 turns — or 540-degree pirouette — to a handstand.
Biles has two elements in Women's Code of Points named after her on vault – including the complex Yurchenko double pike, which she completed during training this week. The move is considered the most difficult vault in women's gymnastics, and it was renamed the Biles II in 2023, after she became the first woman to land it in an international competition. It requires a round-off entry onto the springboard, a back handspring onto the vaulting table and two flips with straight legs.
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