Simone Biles' Historic Yurchenko Double Pike Vault

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Simone Biles made history with her Yurchenko double pike vault at the Olympic Games Paris 2024, securing her second all-around title. The daring vault, named after her, earned her the highest score and ultimately the gold medal, showcasing her exceptional talent and determination in the face of tough competition.  #SimoneBiles #Olympics #Gymnastics #Competition #GoldMedal

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00:00Simone Biles' daring Yurchenko double pike vault Thursday evening during the women's

00:05all-around final at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 set her apart from the field.

00:12It always has.

00:14The 27-year-old is the first woman to compete the vault, a round-off onto the springboard,

00:20back handspring onto the table, and then two-and-a-half flips backward in a picked position.

00:26It was named for her and given a 6.4 difficulty value at last year's Artistic Gymnastics World

00:32Championships in Antwerp.

00:35In the all-around final, she earned a massive 15.766, the highest score of the competition,

00:42giving her a cushion that would ultimately lift her to the gold medal.

00:46The vault almost didn't happen Thursday.

00:49I wasn't planning on it, Biles admitted afterward, but Biles knew she needed it.

00:55She says she was feeling the pressure of Brazil's greatest female Olympian ever, Rebika

01:00Andrade, twice the Olympic all-around silver medalist.

01:04Thank God we did the double pike today, said Biles after capturing her second Olympic all-around

01:11title, the first gymnast in history to take two non-consecutively.

01:17I just knew how phenomenal of an athlete she is.

01:20On each event, we are very similar in scores, so I was like, okay, I think I have to bring

01:26out the big guns this time, Biles concluded.

01:31The friendliest of rivalries the two share a mutual respect with both saying the other

01:35has pushed them to new heights.

01:39Knowing that I gave Simone a bit of work is cool, right?

01:42Said Andrade, laughing.

01:44She's the best in the world, Simone is a phenomenon.

01:49We didn't see it just here, but also in many competitions that she has done, I'm so proud

01:54of being able to compete by her side.

01:58It's pushed them to new levels of competition, too.

02:00I don't want to compete with Rebika no more.

02:03I'm tired.

02:04She's way too close, Biles joked.

02:07I've never had an athlete that close, so it definitely put me on my toes and brought out

02:12the best athlete in myself.

02:16Biles has faced smaller margins of victory, including in 2014 when Romania's Larisa Ierdeg

02:22came within, for sixth six of the world title.

02:26But since her Rio 2016 triumph, no one has come within a point and a half until this

02:32week.

02:34When Biles nearly missed the low bar on a flip from high on the uneven bars in the second

02:38rotation, it was her massive vault that buoyed her, keeping her just 2-6-7 behind the Brazilian.

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