The 27-year-old became the first female gymnast ever to land her vault move, which is named after her
underlined her name in the gymnastics history books for the umpteenth time as she became the first woman ever to land the hardest vault in history at anAnd Biles made an emphatic return to Olympic competition in Paris by nailing her vault, arguably the most iconic move in her impressive playbook, the Yurchenko double pike, known as the Biles II.
Her withdrawal from the team event at Tokyo 2020 was one of the stories of the Games. The undisputed GOAT of gymnastics and defending four-time gold medallist, she was expected to bring home another haul of gold from Japan but instead only claimed a team silver and an individual bronze. These injuries are harder to see of course, but to the naked eye Biles cut a relaxed figure in Paris. When the cameras cut to her waiting to walk out, she let out an enormous yawn. Once she was out in the arena the smile switched on and she waved to the 15,000 fans screaming her name: among them actor Tom Cruise, singer Ariana Grande, footballer Antoine Griezmann and Vogue editor Anna Wintour.
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