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 ...

PARIS, France — Simone Biles landed her signature vault during the women's final, granting the gymnastics star her third gold medal of the Paris Games. Biles delivered an astounding Yurchenko double ...

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 ...

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, ...

#NadiaComaneci #SimoneBiles #beam Although from different eras, Nadia Comaneci and Simone Biles are both legends of the sport ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...