{"id":248906,"date":"2024-07-29T17:01:23","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T17:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/29\/the-5-gymnastic-moves-named-after-the-athlete-hollywood-life\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:13:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:13:41","slug":"the-5-gymnastic-moves-named-after-the-athlete-hollywood-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/29\/the-5-gymnastic-moves-named-after-the-athlete-hollywood-life\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5 Gymnastic Moves Named After the Athlete \u2013 Hollywood Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/simone-biles\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><strong>Simone Biles<\/strong><\/a> has made a lasting impact on the sport of gymnastics.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">The seven-time Olympic medalist is the most decorated gymnast in history, with 37 Olympic and World Championship medals to her name. President <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/joe-biden\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><strong>Joe Biden<\/strong><\/a> awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2022\u2014making her the youngest person to ever receive one\u2014for her contributions to society, both as a history-making gymnast and as an advocate for mental health, sexual assault victims, and children in foster care. She has landed gymnastic moves that no other female gymnast has done before\u2014not just one or two, but five.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">She has two moves on vault, two on floor exercise, and one on balance beam. Moves are named after the first gymnast who completes them in an international competition, according to the International Gymnastics Federation Code of Points (FIG). The move must also be above a certain difficulty level.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The floor routine of Simone Biles at her third Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">ENJOY \ud83c\udf7f<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">\ud83d\udcfa <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ParisOlympics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">#ParisOlympics<\/a> on NBC and Peacock <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XWrxmkS1kK\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">pic.twitter.com\/XWrxmkS1kK<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">\u2014 NBC Olympics &amp; Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCOlympics\/status\/1817717722576474399?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">July 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-9\">At the Paris Games, Biles has the opportunity to secure a sixth signature move named after her, this time on the uneven bars. If successful, it would mean she will have skills named after her in every apparatus.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-10\">But before the athlete goes on to collect more high achievements, here\u2019s what to know about the current five gymnastic moves named after the GOAT.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe title=\"Simone Biles - Floor - 2013 World Championships - All-Around Final\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p8NZ04yAzqI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Biles on Floor<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-11\">This was the first skill Biles had named after her, back at the 2013 World Championships when she was 16. The move is a double-back layout with a half twist.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe title=\"2019 Artistic Worlds, Stuttgart (GER) \u2013 Simone Biles (USA), Qualifications Floor Exercise\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VEMNI28ZHk8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Biles II on Floor<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-12\">The second floor move named after Biles is a triple-double that she landed at the 2019 World Championships. The move includes two flips and three twists in a tucked position.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe title=\"Artistic Worlds 2018 - Simone Biles vaults into the Code of Points - We are Gymnastics !\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hHQH_JG6V-g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Biles on Vault<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-13\">The first vault move is a roundoff on the springboard connected to a half turn onto the vault with two full twists. Biles unveiled it for the first time at the USA Gymnastics 2018 World Team Selection Camp and debuted it while competing at the 2018 Worlds, where it was officially named after her.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/Cx3UVLmpoSo\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>The Biles II on Vault<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-16\">This vault move was named after Biles at the World Championships in 2023. Biles began doing this vault in 2021 but didn\u2019t perform it at a Worlds or Olympics until the 2023 World Championships. With a 6.4 difficulty value, it is the hardest vault in the women\u2019s code. The Biles II is also known as the Yurchenko double pike.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe title=\"Simone Biles Debuts New Double Double Beam Dismount | Champions Series Presented By Xfinity\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IyzdDu7ZHz8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Biles on Balance Beam<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-17\">Biles had a beam move named after her at the 2019 World Championships. This move, also called \u201cThe Biles,\u201d is a dismount from the balance beam that involves two twists and two flips.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/5-gymnastic-moves-named-after-simone-biles-5305215\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Simone Biles has made a lasting impact on the sport of gymnastics. 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