The star of American gymnastics Simone Biles already seems ready to reign at the Olympic Games in Tokyo: for her return to competition, two years after her five gold medals gleaned at the Worlds-2019, she achieved on Saturday an unprecedented figure in a official framework.
Entered in the US Classic taking place in Indianapolis (Indiana), the five-time Olympic gold medalist managed a “Yourchenko” jump, in a double back body pike salto.
Biles pulled off this jump with such speed and power in her run that she fell back slightly on her landing.
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“I was just telling myself that I had to do it like in training, without overdoing it, because I tend, as soon as I put my hand on my run up, to want to dominate everything.
I did it a bit, but at least I was still on my feet at the end and then it's a new jump, ”she commented.
Videos of her training successes had toured the web last year, with LeBron James notably retweeting one of them, but the performance was yet to be replicated in a women's competition, which had never been done before. been done before.
"It's nice to see all this support," Biles said, adding that she felt "confident" as the US Championships approach, which will take place June 3-6.
Which will be followed by the US Olympic selections from June 24 to 27.
She will obviously be the big favorite, but she still has a bit of work to do because everything was not perfect in her score on Saturday.
In addition to her step back on the landing of the jump, she had a small hitch on the floor and on the uneven bars.
But she won the all-around with a score of 58,400 points, ahead of Jordan Chiles (57,100) and Kayla DiCello (56,100).
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