On the second night of the 2019 US Gymnastics Championships in Kansas City, Simone Biles performed two skills no gymnast had ever attempted in competition. She landed a triple-twisting double tucked salto on floor and a double-double dismount off the balance beam. Both elements were immediately named after her in the Code of Points.
A floor pass no one had seen
Biles launched into her tumbling run and the arena fell silent. She completed three twists across two back flips and struck the mat with control, only a small hop betraying the force of the rotation. The crowd rose before the landing was confirmed.
Beam dismount that rewrites the code
Minutes later she mounted the beam and worked through her routine. Her dismount — a back flip from a round-off entry with two twists and two somersaults — became the hardest beam exit ever performed. Officials entered both skills into the rulebook before the night ended.
Six years earlier Biles had won her first all-around world title in Antwerp at sixteen. At the 2016 Rio Olympics she claimed four golds, a record for a US gymnast at a single Games. In 2023 she became the most decorated gymnast in history with thirty world medals and landed the Yurchenko double pike vault, named the Biles II with the highest difficulty score on the apparatus.
She stepped away in Tokyo after losing air awareness mid‑competition, then spent two years off the Olympic stage. Her return brought the Paris all‑around title in 2024. The elements she debuted in Kansas City sit squarely inside that arc, proof that her contribution reaches beyond medals into the sport’s permanent language.
That August evening, two new moves received her name. Few athletes reshape the limits of what their sport allows.
