The American sportswoman prepares for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
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As the Olympic Games approach, athletes who will participate in the different competitions continue to prepare. This is no exception for the renowned American gymnast Simone Biles, who captivated her fans with a recent video in which she appears rehearsing a amazing trick never before executed by a woman in official competitions.
In the short clip, the 22-year-old sportswoman appears approaching with pirouettes at full speed towards an easel before rising in the air and making several turns to finally fall on foam cubes.
Despite the spectacular landing that can be seen in the video, the text that accompanies the publication on Twitter implies that the young woman could be preparing to surprise the viewers during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
The movement was identified by Internet users as “Yurchenko pike vault” double. According express The journalist Blythe Lawrence, this trick was never successfully performed by a woman in an international competition.
Biles is considered one of the best gymnasts in history and is one of the most successful. Among its 20 titles are four Olympic gold medals.
Months ago he surprised the world by successfully completing a spectacular movement for the first time in the history of women’s artistic gymnastics, during the US National Gymnastics Championship. He managed to perform a triple-double in the ground exercise, which consists of a deadly double jump back and three rotations, all this in a single maneuver.
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