You can learn a lot about a subculture by the slang it develops. Gymnastics has a lot of slang around fear: the twisties, headcasing, mental block, bailing, balking. Gymnastics is obviously physically ...

From 1975 to 1977, Nadia performed a Piked Tsukahara as her first vault, which carries a 3.4 start value in the 2025 Code of Points. It consists of a front handspring with a half turn onto the table, ...

The most decorated gymnast ever sprints down the vault runway. She tumbles gracefully onto the springboard, flings herself backward onto the vault table and pops off the surface. Soaring through the ...

Simone Biles may compete again. Or she may not. Either way, the 11-time Olympic medalist will not be performing her most iconic vault — one of five elements bearing her name in the International ...

Last year, Simone Biles made history as she became the first woman to perform the Yurchenko double pike at a world competition -- a skill few men even attempt, let alone land. On Thursday, she nailed ...

Editor’s note: Simone Biles has won Olympic gold in the team final, all-around final and vault final at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Simone Biles is the most decorated gymnast of all time, earning her the ...

Editor’s note:Simone Biles has wonOlympic gold in the team final,all-around final andvault final at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Simone Biles has left her mark on the sport of gymnastics. In addition to ...