Simone Biles sparks the Olympic world with incredible skill on uneven bars ahead of Paris Olympics

 

PARIS (AP) โ€”ย Simone Bilesย is looking to add to the list of skills named after her in gymnasticsโ€™ Code of Points.

The American superstar submitted an original skill on uneven bars to the International Gymnastics Federation on Friday. If Biles successfully completes it during womenโ€™s qualifying on Sunday, the skill will become the sixth to bear her name in the code.

Biles already has two elements named after her on vault โ€” includingย the Yurchenko double pikeย โ€” and floor exercise, and one on balance beam. She is looking to become the only active gymnast to have an eponymous skill on all four events.

The skill Biles submitted requires her to do a forward circle around the lower bar before turning a handstand into a 540-degree pirouette. USA Gymnasticsย teased the moveย on X on Friday.

Bars is considered the โ€œweakestโ€ of Bilesโ€™ events in the sense that just one of her 37 Olympic and world championship medals have come on bars.

She remains one of the top Americans on the event, though USA Gymnastics co-lead Chellsie Memmel said this week the Americans could sit Biles out of bars during team finals to give her a small break during the Games.


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