For most elite gymnasts, after a year out of training and a relatively short amount of time training at full intensity again, it might be advisable to start slowly in competition and ease back to full difficulty. But Simone Biles does nothing by half.
After a two-year absence, in her first major competition since the Tokyo Olympics, the 26-year-old marked her return at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp by landing her Yurchenko double pike vault in an international competition for the first time. The vault, the most difficult being attempted in women’s gymnastics, will be named the Biles II.
