Simone Biles Makes History Again With Jaw-dropping Triple-Double in Floor Exercise

Simone Biles makes history with triple-double in floor exercise.
Simone Biles Makes History Again With Jaw-dropping Triple-Double in Floor Exercise
Simone Biles celebrates after competing in the uneven bars to win the all around senior women's competition at the 2019 U.S. Gymnastics Championships on Aug. 11, 2019, in Kansas City, Mo. Charlie Riedel/AP Photo
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The choice was entirely hers. Only there really wasn’t of one for Simone Biles to make.

Sure, she could have taken her triple-twisting double-flip (aka “the triple-double”) out of her floor exercise routine during the final night of the U.S. women’s gymnastics championships on Sunday. She surely didn’t need it to assure herself of another national title.