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 ...

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, ...

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The Yurchenko double pike, the most difficult vault in women's gymnastics, was named after Biles when she first landed it in international... NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For more of ...

LSU gymnastics opened their season to the public Friday night with their annual Open Mike Night intrasquad meet. A record ...

All eyes will be on Simone Biles throughout the Tokyo Olympics. The superstar gymnast is fresh off a winning performance in the U.S. Olympic Trials in June 2021, leading a group of six qualified ...

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 ...