Simone Biles may compete again. Or she may not. Either way, the 11-time Olympic medalist will not be performing her most iconic vault — one of five elements bearing her name in the International ...

Known as the "world's most difficult vault," the skill was formerly called the Yurchenko double pike Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her ...

The level of difficulty continues to rise in gymnastics, but the triple-twisting Yurchenko is still the red line—even for elite gymnasts like Simone Biles and Rebeca Andrade. Simone Biles has pushed ...

Simone Biles won the gold medal in the vault with her signature Yurchenko double pike and then a vault called a Cheng. The Yurchenko double pike is the hardest vault in women’s gymnastics: She does a ...

Rest in peace to Simone Biles’ signature vault routine. This week, the Olympic gold medalist bid farewell to the “world’s most difficult vault” in a satirical Instagram photoshoot. To announce that ...

Simone Biles said goodbye to one of her signature vault moves in the most extra — and iconic — way. The gymnast, 27, held a funeral for her vault and the Yurchenko Double Pike via Instagram on Monday, ...

#gymnastics #vault #SimoneBiles #olympics In May of 2021, Simone Biles stunned the world when she debuted a vault once ...

NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For more of our coverage from the games head to our latest updates. PARIS — In 2021, when the gymnast Simone Biles first began to publicly perform the ...

PARIS — Minutes after American gymnastics star Simone Biles won the seventh Olympic gold of her career on Saturday in a vault final that left little doubt that even at 27 she remains in a class by ...

In a satirical Instagram post, Simone Biles hosted a funeral for her signature Yurchenko double pike vault, also known as the Biles II. Rest in peace to Simone Biles’ signature vault routine. This ...