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Simone Biles gets two more skills named after her at gymnastics worlds
Source: Reuters
Simone Biles gets two more skills named after her at gymnastics worlds
Reuters
Sun 6 Oct 2019 00.02 BST
Last modified on Sun 6 Oct 2019 00.51 BST
American Simone Biles landed the triple-double on the floor exercise and the double-double dismount off the balance beam at the world gymnastics championships in Stuttgart on Saturday to have two new skills named after her.
The triple-double – a triple-twisting double backflip – on the floor exercise will now officially be named the “Biles II” while the double-double tuck (two flips and two twists) dismount off the beam will simply be called the “Biles”.
Gymnasts earn the right to have a skill named after them after they submit it for evaluation and land the move successfully at a major competition.
“I’m pretty pleased because that’s how I train beam and it finally felt good to go out there and hit a beam routine... because I feel like every time... I just bomb it,” Biles told the Olympic Channel.
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Reuters
Sun 6 Oct 2019 00.02 BST
Last modified on Sun 6 Oct 2019 00.51 BST
American Simone Biles landed the triple-double on the floor exercise and the double-double dismount off the balance beam at the world gymnastics championships in Stuttgart on Saturday to have two new skills named after her.
The triple-double – a triple-twisting double backflip – on the floor exercise will now officially be named the “Biles II” while the double-double tuck (two flips and two twists) dismount off the beam will simply be called the “Biles”.
Gymnasts earn the right to have a skill named after them after they submit it for evaluation and land the move successfully at a major competition.
“I’m pretty pleased because that’s how I train beam and it finally felt good to go out there and hit a beam routine... because I feel like every time... I just bomb it,” Biles told the Olympic Channel.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/05/simone-biles-world-championships-qualifying
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