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Simone Biles returns as queen, at the World Championships jump as a legend - Other Sports

2023-10-01T20:21:30.414Z

Highlights: Simone Biles returns as queen, at the World Championships jump as a legend. The American champion, after retiring from the competitions of the Tokyo Games for a psychological block has illuminated the qualifications of the world championship tournament in Antwerp. She did it with a legendary jump, performing the Yurchenko double carpio on vault, an exercise so far performed only by men, and which now takes the name of the 26-year-old gymnast, Four-time Olympic champion, she being the only woman capable of achieving it.


Simone Biles returns and is queen at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp. (ANSA)


Simone Biles returns and is queen at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp. The American champion, after retiring from the competitions of the Tokyo Games for a psychological block has illuminated the qualifications of the world championship tournament in the city where she won her first world medals: and she did it with a legendary jump, performing the Yurchenko double carpio on vault, an exercise so far performed only by men, and which now takes the name of the 26-year-old gymnast, Four-time Olympic champion, she being the only woman capable of achieving it.
The jump obtained the incredible score of 15.266, for a total of 58.865 points at the end of the four tools. "He did it! That's all I can say," exulted his coach, French Laurent Landi. "People, I hope, realize that this may be the only time in their lives that they have seen a jump like this performed by a female gymnast," she added.


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