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Biles nails signature vault in Olympic gymnastics training

Inez Watson by Inez Watson
July 26, 2024
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First look: Four-time Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles trains at Bercy Arena. ©AFP

Paris (AFP) – Simone Biles got her first taste of Bercy Arena on Thursday, delivering a stellar signature vault in training ahead of the start of the Olympic women’s gymnastics competition at the weekend.

 

 

Biles nailed a spectacular Yurchenko double pike vault, sticking like glue on the landing. It is a skill so difficult that no other woman attempts it in competition, and since Biles completed it at the World Championships it has been named for her as the Biles II.

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“We would take this one in a heartbeat,” Biles’s coach Cecile Landi said. “Yeah, it was really good.” Landi said Biles was getting “more and more comfortable” with the skill, but Thursday’s effort still stood out. “She had one in the warmup gym that was also really good, but, no, I don’t see it like that every day.”

 

 

Biles is strongly tipped to add to her cache of four Olympic golds at the Paris Games after a tumultuous Tokyo campaign, when she withdrew from most of her events as she battled the dangerous and disorientating “twisties”. After a near two-year absence, Biles has quickly reestablished herself at the top of a sport she redefined with a unique combination of athleticism and artistry. Meticulous attention to her mental health has the 27-year-old heading into her third Olympics on her own terms.

 

 

“Nobody’s forcing me to do it,” Biles said after earning her Paris berth. “I wake up every day and choose to grind in the gym and come out here and perform for myself — just to remind myself that I can still do it.”

 

 

She and her US teammates were all business as they got a feel for the competition arena, opening on balance beam, where Biles delivered some solid tumbling elements. Moving on to floor exercise, Biles wowed with her triple-twist double flip but was a hair off in landing several of her impressive tumbling skills. That took the Americans to the vault, where she offered a glimpse of just what everyone else in the field will be up against.

 

 

– High fives –

 

 

Biles closed out the session on uneven bars, high-fiving coach Laurent Landi after completing her routine. Cecile Landi said Biles and the entire US team — heavily favored to regain team gold after settling for silver in Tokyo — were delighted with Bercy Arena, even finding the blue and pink Olympic color scheme “calming”. “The whole team they’re excited to finally start,” she said. “Finally we’re here. The arena is beautiful. The girls feel it’s kind of cozy with the black seats — it’s a big change from Tokyo and they really love it.”

 

 

The session also offered a look at team medal contenders China and Italy as well as Algerian teen Kaylia Nemour, who has emerged as a gold medal threat in uneven bars. Host nation France and the Brazilian squad led by vault world champion Rebeca Andrade were due to train later Thursday.

 

 

Women’s competition opens on Sunday with the qualification round, with their first medals to be awarded in the team final on Tuesday. The women’s individual all-around final is on August 1, with the individual apparatus finals to follow.

 

© 2024 AFP

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