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Time on her hands and a world-class gym at her disposal after the 2020 Olympics were postponed, Simone Biles started experimenting almost as a way to stave off the monotony of training. Pretty soon a vault that she occasionally tinkered with for fun — the Yurchenko double pike — started…
Simone Biles and her ever-expanding array of signature skills sure look ready for the Tokyo Olympics Time on her hands and a world-class gym at her disposal after the 2020 Olympics were postponed, Simone Biles started experimenting almost as a way to stave off the monotony of training. Pretty soon a vault that she occasionally tinkered with for fun – the Yurchenko double pike – started to look like a vault she could pull off in competition.
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Simone Biles lands the Yurchenko double pike while competing on the vault during the 2021 GK US Classic gymnastics competition. So what if it had only historically been done by men? So what if the International Gymnastics Federation seemed intent on not giving the vault a difficulty value commensurate with its complexity?
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