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Meet the new skill, the Yang, along with the best Yurchenko double pike seen and a rare triple back off the uneven bars

Meet the Yang, a full-twisting Jaeger on the uneven bars, and explore a variety of other gymnastics skills, including an Amanar, a new triple back dismount, various vault and high bar techniques, DTYs ...
Gymnastics Digest on MSN

Simone Biles once revealed why she felt fully ready for the Yurchenko double pike

The Yurechenko double pike is what most would consider the hardest move in all of women’s vaulting. But 11-time Olympic ...
NBC New York

Simone Biles nails Yurchenko double pike vault at world championships — now named after her

Simone Biles continues to make history. The most decorated gymnast of all time pulled off the Yurchenko double pike at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships over the weekend, becoming the first ...
Los Angeles Times

Simone Biles was the first woman to attempt this ‘scary’ vault move. Now she’s telling it, ‘R.I.P.’

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 ...
Miami Herald

Simone Biles says ‘rest in peace’ to the skill that put her in the history books

In 2023, Biles became the first female gymnast to successfully land the Yurchenko double pike at an International competition, the 2023 World Championships to be exact. Screengrab from Simone Biles' ...