Simone Biles Lands Her Yurchenko Double Pike!

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Simone Biles became the first woman ever to land a Yurchenko double pike in competition. She performed the vault yesterday at the GK US Classic in Indianapolis.

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Simone Biles - Vault - 2021 GK U.S. Classic - Senior Competition

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Avatar of txgymfan txgymfanMay 21, 2021 #1

She is amazing! She absolutely flew on that vault. Do the men compete it?

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G GuestMay 21, 2021 #2


Confirming that this isn't just a mess-around-in-prqctice skill. Simone looks like she's actually gonna compete the Yurchenko Double Pike!

Simone messing around in practice = mere mortals gazing in awe.

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Avatar of Geoffrey Taucer Geoffrey TaucerMay 21, 2021 #3

She is amazing! She absolutely flew on that vault. Do the men compete it?

I believe it's in the men's code, but I don't recall ever actually seeing it in competition.

It's comparable in difficulty to the vaults typically seen in world/olympic finals among male gymnasts.

If Simone were to compete this in MAG, she would still have a significant shot at an Olympic medal.

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Avatar of skschlag skschlagMay 21, 2021 #4

I believe it's in the men's code, but I don't recall ever actually seeing it in competition.

It's comparable in difficulty to the vaults typically seen in world/olympic finals among male gymnasts.

If Simone were to compete this in MAG, she would still have a significant shot at an Olympic medal.

Kristian Thomas competed it at he London Open. David Sender also competed it at the 2012 Visa Championships.

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Avatar of Geoffrey Taucer Geoffrey TaucerMay 21, 2021 #5

Kristian Thomas competed it at he London Open. David Sender also competed it at the 2012 Visa Championships.

That's right! I remember Sender doing it!

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T TumbleTimes4May 21, 2021 #6

I bet this is even more incredible in person. John Cheng has it in slow motion on his Instagram airs fantastic!

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Avatar of bogwoppit bogwoppitMay 22, 2021 #8

The deductions are so small, it is just incredible.What is the SV?

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Avatar of MILgymFAM MILgymFAMMay 22, 2021 #9

The deductions are so small, it is just incredible.What is the SV?

I read it’s been given a temporary 6.6 SV for this meet.

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Avatar of JBS JBSMay 23, 2021 #11

I love all the coverage this is getting for gymnastics...

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Simone Biles easily lands insane vault in historic moment

Four-time Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles became the first woman to land a Yurchenko double pike vault in competition at the U.S. Classic in Indianapolis.

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G GuestMay 23, 2021 #12

I love all the coverage this is getting for gymnastics...

nypost.com


Simone Biles easily lands insane vault in historic moment

Four-time Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles became the first woman to land a Yurchenko double pike vault in competition at the U.S. Classic in Indianapolis.

nypost.com


nypost.com

If you find more articles and news features... link them here.

It was noted during the broadcast that LeBron James tweeted about her vault. He may not be everyone's cup of tea, but he has been a big cheerleader and supporter of female athletes. Great that he's using his social media presence to draw attention to her achievement.

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Avatar of JBS JBSMay 23, 2021 #13

Here's the tweet...

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Avatar of txgymfan txgymfanMay 23, 2021 #14

Simone’s vault has been getting lots of national media attention. Simone AND Chellsie are both on the website for People magazine today. It’s great to see gymnastics and frankly women’s sports getting positive media coverage.

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L LuciaMay 23, 2021 #15

Simone’s vault has been getting lots of national media attention. Simone AND Chellsie are both on the website for People magazine today. It’s great to see gymnastics and frankly women’s sports getting positive media coverage.

My 8yo gymmie daughter is quite small for her age and has lovely muscular shoulders/arms. She often laments both of these things when well-meaning family and friends comment on this. When we watched the pre-show together on Peacock, she noticed Simone's small size and her muscular arms and was pleased (the WCC girls warmed up in tank leos). This made me happy.

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G GuestMay 23, 2021 #16

My 8yo gymmie daughter is quite small for her age and has lovely muscular shoulders/arms. She often laments both of these things when well-meaning family and friends comment on this. When we watched the pre-show together on Peacock, she noticed Simone's small size and her muscular arms and was pleased (the WCC girls warmed up in tank leos). This made me happy.

That's so cool!

My DD's connection with Simone is a little different. She didn't watch Session 2 with me, but I one of the things I mentioned to her afterwards is that Simone apparently *hates* bars and wishes she could take a chainsaw to them, LOL (per the commentators). My daughter cheerfully exclaimed, "I hate bars too!", which I didn't know but it cracked me up.

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