Breaking News:”Rest in Peace” – Simone Biles announces the end of her fifth eponymous skill Yurchenko Double Pike in vault…see more.

Simone Biles announced the end of her fifth eponymous skill, Yurchenko Double Pike, following a successful Paris Olympic campaign. Biles’ skill had the highest difficulty score of women’s vault in gymnastics, which helped her bag titles at the 2023 World Championships and the 2024 Paris Games.

Named after former Soviet gymnast Natalia Yurchenko, the skill encompasses a round-off on the springboard and a back handspring onto the vault. Biles amped it up with double back flips with legs straightened (double pike), leaving the gymnastic world ablaze in 2021 on the occasion of her skill debut.Since then, the skill has become her signature, and the Olympian aced it again at the 2023 US Championships, earning an execution score of 9.8. At the 2023 World Championships, the 11-time Olympic medalist named the skill after her, Biles II in the vault.

At the Paris Olympics, the skill helped her bag the vault gold and contribute to the team’s gold finish. However, according to her recent Instagram post, it seems like she will not be performing the Yurchenko Double Pike anymore.
“rest in peace yurchenko double pike”

She posted a picture of the vault surrounded by white flowers, while she sat on the equipment dressed in white. Her caption asserted a send-off of her eponymous skill.She also posted a story announcing the same.
“R.I.P yurchenko double pike”
Simone Biles Instagram story; Instagram – @simonebiles
Simone Biles Instagram story; Instagram – @simonebiles
The news came ahead of the Gold Over America tour, set to start on September 16 and end on November 3, 2024. US gymnasts, including Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey, Hezyl Rivera, Paul Juda, and Fred Richard, among others, will join the Olympian on the tour.

Yurchenko Double Pike set Simone Biles apart at the Paris Olympic all-around finals
On August 1, 2024, Biles graced the gymnastics mat to sweep her second individual all-around Olympic title. Though she didn’t plan to perform the Yurchenko Double Pike that night, she had to bring her A-game to best her strongest rival, Rebeca Andrade.
“I wasn’t planning on it. I just knew how phenomenal of an athlete she [Andrade] is,” said Simone Biles. (via Olympics.com)
Her execution earned her the highest score of the night, 15.766, and moved up her total individual score to 59.131, whereas Andrade trailed with 7.932.
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