Two years and one day after taking bronze on balance beam at the delayed Tokyo Olympics in August 2021, the four-time gold medalist returned to gymnastics in earnest at the Core Hydration Classic outside Chicago on Friday morning.ĭuring the first session of podium training ahead of Saturday's meet, Biles performed portions of a new floor routine, landing her signature Biles I - a double layout with a half twist - as well as a double layout and a double twisting double back. Simone Biles returns to gymnastics with signature move I don’t think that’s up for debate.You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser I mean, I think it’s pretty clear that she’s the greatest of all time. But, you know, you think of the pantheon of great gymnasts. I think I know how you’re going to answer this, given what you’ve just said. And for her to come back here and after taking some time off and this truly magnificent skill name for her, I think it’s just really a special moment for obviously for her, for her coaches and for everyone who’s followed her career for ten years. And for her to come back here, to the city where it really all began for her in terms of world championship wins… You know, she has the most gold medals ever in the world championships. But you couldn’t really predict that she would have this kind of career because no one had had this kind of career up until her. She won a silver on vault there, and I believe also a bronze on the balance beam.Īnd, you know, I wasn’t in Antwerp for her first world championships, but I was already covering her career at that point. Yeah, so Simone made her world championship debut in Antwerp in 2013, and she won her first world all around title. Well, you write that it’s fitting that Biles is getting this move named after her in Antwerp this year. » RELATED: Simone Biles continues making history with 8th U.S. So because of who she is and what she means to the sport and just how popular and famous she is, every new skill that she introduces gets a tremendous amount of attention. Obviously the double pike is the new one, but her triple twisting, double somersaults on floor exercise, the double twisting, double somersault off the balance beam… Truly skills that you never even imagined that someone would try in competition. But in general, I can’t imagine the media getting so excited if someone does a triple turn on floor exercise, even though it’s a really hard move to do and it’s really beautiful.īut with Biles, everyone gets so into every new skill that she introduces because in many cases they are skills that we didn’t really think were possible on the women’s side of the sport. So, you know, gymnastics fans tend to get really excited any time a gymnast submits a new skill and does a new skill in competition. Well, now in gymnastics, you write that having a skill named for you usually doesn’t get you the kind of fanfare that Biles’ achievement has received. It has been done on the men’s side of the sport, but it’s the first time that a woman has done it at the World Championships. So two and a half somersaults in a pike position. So a round-off onto the board, back handspring onto the table. On the vault, she did a Yurchenko, which is a very common entry. Could you explain just what it is that Biles did to earn this latest distinction?ĭvora Meyers: So, yeah, of course. Texas Standard: Simone Biles has a new move named after her. This transcript has been edited lightly for clarity: Listen to the interview above or read the transcript below. Biles displayed another gymnastics skill, a vault once called impossible, which now will be called “the Biles.”ĭvora Meyers wrote about the event for a recent article in Texas Monthly and she joined the Standard to talk about Biles’ long career and impact on gymnastics. On Sunday, Texan Simone Biles of gymnastics fame not only achieved such a distinction – and not for the first time. In any endeavor, to have something named for you or your work is a clear distinction.
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