Simone Biles and his spectacular leap: “I do it because I can”

On the body there is a goat, which is not the goat evoked by Sgarbi to report the ignorance of others. IS Goat, in English Greatest of all Time, the greatest of all time. Simone Biles he knows he is and shows it every time he gets off the platform. He does this by performing exercises that are impossible for others and certainly dangerous. Not for her.

The jump, performed while vaulting, has never been done by women. It’s a Yurchenko with double carp that she’s been trying out for some time in training, but which he showed in competition only at the weekend at the US Classic, his return to official competitions after 18 months of absence.

The one performed by the 24-year-old multiple world champion and Olympic medalist is now the most difficult movement in the specialty and so far it has only been done by men. After the run-up, he rests his hands on the tool and begins the movement which is usually a round to which other figures are added from time to time. In this case a double carpio.

The Columbus athlete already has in his repertoire two original elements to the free body and the release in Tsukara screwed to the beam. This could be an exercise for its exclusive use. She alone is able to produce such a speed and to put such a force to be able to bring to termie an execution that is usually of the divers who have the force of gravity on their side.

It is such a difficult leap that there is no score assigned, at least for now, to capture its value. Biles complained about this. Often, however, the International Federation has limited scores for the safety of athletes: lest they try exercises in which they could take risks to collect more points.

The Simone Biles difference lies here. She doesn’t feel like taking risks. She makes impossible movements safely. And maybe that’s also why the votes don’t go up: because they are so easy to her that she would annihilate competitions. Even if she does not feel adequately rewarded she will continue to do this and other impossible leaps. Why? The answer is simple. “Because I can.”

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