Gold medal–winning Olympian Simone Biles has five different gymnastics moves named after her, thanks to her continued success at landing high-difficulty moves.
In a post on Instagram, Simone held a mock funeral for her Yurchenko double pike, the move that landed her a gold medal in the vault event at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The move, which has been renamed to the "Biles II (vault)" after she was the first woman in history to land it during a competition, is now confirmed to not make another appearance during any of her upcoming competitions.
The Instagram post, made on Sept. 3, showed Simone in an all-white track suit seated on a vault, surrounded by gorgeous bouquets of white flowers.
"rest in peace yurchenko double pike," she captioned the post, confirming once and for all that she would not be doing the move in a competition again.
Simone had previously alluded to her decision to retire the move in an interview following the 2024 Paris Olympics. She's previously discussed getting the "twisties" while competing in the vault event during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
This Instagram post has solidified that she won't be competing on the vault at the same difficulty that she has before.
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