VIDEO: Clip of Simone Biles Practicing New Trick for 2020 Olympics is Absolutely Wild
By Will Coleman
After making her splash onto the Olympic scene in 2016, American gymnast Simone Biles is back and ready to win over our hearts again in 2020. Biles claimed three individual gold medals and a team gold medal at just 19 years old in Rio, and now she's ready for us to preview what she might have up her sleeve to top that performance this summer in Tokyo.
2020 ??? ? pic.twitter.com/3QDjSOPYbH
— Simone Biles (@Simone_Biles) February 3, 2020
Yeah, that sure looks like it'd be worthy of a gold medal.
This stunt, known as a Yurchenko Double Pike, is of one of gymnastics' more rigorous vaults and is more often than not performed by a man. If she decides to pull out this trick in the Olympics, Biles would make history as the first woman to ever even attempt it in international competition.
How much power does @Simone_Biles generate in her Yurchenko DOUBLE PIKE vault?
— Christy (@NordicPhoenix) February 3, 2020
Well... she literally disappears into the foam cubes of the pit upon landing! That alone is NOT easy to do!
THIS IS SHEER SIMONE BILES HORSEPOWER!
I have goosebumps! You go girl! https://t.co/BPTUp5sJBa
Biles, who turns 23 in March, already has a vault type named after her. Expectations will be high for her in the upcoming Olympics, but this clip sure suggests she's more than ready to blow our minds once again.