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The one vault too hard for Simone Biles and Rebeca Andrade: The triple-twisting Yurchenko

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 ...
NBC New York

Simone Biles nails Yurchenko double pike vault at world championships — now named after her

Simone Biles continues to make history. The most decorated gymnast of all time pulled off the Yurchenko double pike at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships over the weekend, becoming the first ...
Los Angeles Times

Simone Biles was the first woman to attempt this ‘scary’ vault move. Now she’s telling it, ‘R.I.P.’

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 ...
The New York Times

Simone Biles’s gold-medal-winning Yurchenko double pike, frame by frame.

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 ...