Simone Biles says ‘rest in peace’ to the skill that put her in the history books

At this moment, Simone Biles has five gymnastic skills named after her. Two skills on floor, two on vault, and one on beam.

In 2023, Biles became the first female gymnast to successfully land the Yurchenko double pike at an International competition when she competed at the 2023 World Championships.

As a result, the skill became known as the Biles II.

The Biles II is widely considered the hardest vault in the world. And now, she’s saying goodbye to it.

On Sept. 2, Biles took to Instagram to share two photos of herself sitting on the vault with white flowers all around.

“Rest in peace Yurchenko double pike,” Biles wrote in the caption as fans and fellow gymnasts praised her for making history.

“Gone, but literally never forgotten,” USA gymnastics commented. “I’m dead. You win (obviously),” Nastia Liukin added.

“Grateful we got to witness it,” another gymnast wrote alongside the goat emoji.

“Vault Queen! Take a bow! You deserve your flowers,” another fan said, as Samantha Peszek wrote, “Legendary.”

After landing the Biles II on vault during the Olympics in August, Biles showcased her signature smile and then did the sign of the cross while walking off the platform.

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In her Netflix documentary “Simone Biles: Rising,” Biles admitted that the Biles II is a scary death-defying vault to throw no matter how many times she does it.

“It’s just scary. And it’s every time you do it, you’re scared,” she said.

“The Yurchenko double pike, I don’t know if anybody even thinks how difficult it is,” journalist Celine Nony said in the documentary.

“The height she gets is absolutely extraordinary,” fellow journalist Olly Hogben added. “The pike position, from a physics point of view, is very very difficult to rotate.”