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In True GOAT Fashion, Simone Biles Says She May Debut 2 New Skills at the Olympics 1.2K Shares
Simone Biles already has four gymnastics skills named after her: two on floor, the Biles and Biles II, and ones on beam and vault respectively, both also called the Biles. But the limit-shattering icon hinted she might actually be adding two more to that list. As part of a
60 Minutes segment that aired Sunday, Feb. 14, Biles showcased one of these new skills: a Yurchenko double pike. It s a skill she started working on around this time last year.
Broken down, the Yurchenko is a roundoff onto the springboard and a back handspring onto the vaulting table. Then, Biles does two backflips in a piked position (she has her legs straight as opposed to tucked in). The vault is only really executed by men gymnasts, and it s extremely difficult. Laurent Landi, one of Biles s coaches said, What s scary, it s that people can get hurt. You do a short landing, you can hurt your