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Simone Biles became the first woman to land a complicated vault internationally at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastic Championships in Antwerp, Belgium. ... sharing video of her historic vault ...
PARIS – Simone Biles wasn’t leaving anything to chance in the Olympics vault final, soaring high off the table and delivering her signature, eponymous double backflip in pike position.
Simone Biles' Olympic medal collection has officially reached the double digits. The American star defeated Brazil's Rebeca Andrade once again in the vault apparatus final on Saturday, winning her ...
The impressive performance earned Biles a score of 15.7. Her second vault earned a score of 14.9, making her average (and final) score 15.3—a third of a point more than her closest competitor ...
Simone Biles was the first gymnast since Larisa Latynina at the 1956 Olympics to win team gold, AA gold and vault gold in succession. Dipa Karmakar made history as the first ever Indian gymnastics event finalist, male or female. Simone Biles is the first American to have won Olympic gold on the vault.
PHOTO: Simone Biles of the U.S. competes in the artistic gymnastics women's vault final at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Aug. 3, 2024. (Julian Finney/Getty Images)
However, Biles did not perform the vault as she withdrew from most event finals after experiencing "the twisties", a psychological phenomenon causing a gymnast to lose air awareness while performing twisting elements, throughout the Olympics. [6] At the 2023 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, Biles successfully completed the vault. It was ...
Jul 30, 2024; Paris, France; Simone Biles of the United States looks at her gold medal after the women’s team final at the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at Bercy Arena.