Biles Pulls Off Yurchenko’s Double Pike to Be Named After Her at Worlds

Simone Biles of the U.S. in action during the women's qualification 2023 at World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Sportpaleis, in Antwerp, Belgium, on Oct. 1, 2023. Yves Herman/Reuters

American gymnastic Simone Biles became the first woman to do the Yurchenko double pike at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships on Sunday with the vault now to be named after her.

The Yurchenko double pike is the most difficult jump in the women’s scoring code and was rated at 6.4 points by the technical committee in anticipation of it being performed.