{"id":2012896,"date":"2023-08-26T10:28:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T14:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/simone-biles-wows-on-vault-while-surging-to-the-lead-at-the-us-gymnastics-championships\/"},"modified":"2023-08-26T10:31:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T14:31:29","slug":"simone-biles-wows-on-vault-while-surging-to-the-lead-at-the-us-gymnastics-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/simone-biles-wows-on-vault-while-surging-to-the-lead-at-the-us-gymnastics-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Simone Biles dominates vault, takes the lead at US Gymnastics Championships."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsimone-biles-wows-on-vault-while-surging-to-the-lead-at-the-us-gymnastics-championships%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2012896&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Simone Biles Soars to New Heights at U.S. Championships<\/h2>\n<p>SAN JOSE, Calif.\u2014Laurent Landi stood on \u200bthe mat, arms slightly\u200b outstretched. He\u200d took one small step to his right. \u200cThen another.<\/p>\n<p>Above him, above everyone really, Simone Biles soared through the air. Her arms clasped behind her knees. Her legs at a perfect 90-degree angle from her body.<\/p>\n<p>Landi&#8217;s decision to stand there was one of his conditions if\u2062 Biles \u200bwanted to attempt a Yurchenko Double Pike, a vault\u200c so daunting few men have attempted it and no woman has ever completed it in international competition.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/sports\/tausaga-wins-discus-gold-at-worlds-with-4-meter-improvement-on-personal-best-5479021\">Tausaga Wins Discus Gold \u200bat Worlds With 4-meter Improvement on Personal Best<\/a> \u200d &#8211; 8\/23\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/sports\/american-shacarri-richardson-caps-comeback-by-winning-wild-100-meters-at-worlds-5477996\">American Sha\u2019Carri Richardson\u2062 Caps Comeback by Winning Wild 100 \u2064Meters at\u200b Worlds<\/a> &#8211; \u20648\/22\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On\u2064 Friday night at the U.S. Championships, all it did was \u2062give Landi, Biles&#8217; longtime coach, a close-up view of an athlete that somehow at age 26 appears to \u200cbe as\u2064 good \u2062as ever. Maybe better.<\/p>\n<p>Biles rotated perfectly and landed with a small \u2062hop. The arms Landi had extended just in case instead led a cheer that sent a jolt through the SAP Center.<\/p>\n<p>Those two \u200cseconds of brilliance provided the signature moment during two hours that showcased \u200bthat now, a full decade into her run atop her sport, there \u200dis Biles and then there is everyone else.<\/p>\n<p>Her all-around total \u200bof 59.300 was well ahead \u200cof a brilliant Shilese Jones in second at 56.750 and put Biles\u200d in position to win a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/simone-biles-wows-on-vault-while-surging-to-the-lead-at-the-us-gymnastics-championships\/\" title=\"Simone Biles dominates vault, takes the lead at US Gymnastics Championships.\">record eighth national championship<\/a> on Sunday night. Biles&#8217; total included a 15.7 for her showstopping vault, a score that included a near-perfect 9.8 for execution and a half-point neutral deduction \u200cfor having Landi nearby.<\/p>\n<p>Landi has no plans to ditch his post, though he could only shake his head when asked if a Yurchenko double pike is supposed to \u200dlook that easy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, it\u2019s\u200c not normal,\u201d he said. \u201cShe\u2019s not normal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No. She&#8217;s \u200dnot.<\/p>\n<p>Wearing a bedazzled purple leotard and with her family in the stands rocking matching T-shirts that read \u201cStill I Rise,\u201d Biles put the disappointment of the \u200c2020 Olympics and her battles with the mental block known as \u201cthe \u2063twisties\u201d further in her rearview mirror.<\/p>\n<p>Three weeks after \u200da dazzling comeback meet in Chicago, Biles looked just as crisp while chasing history.\u2063 There were \u2064mistakes here and there. She wobbled while mounting the balance beam and moments later nearly came off while trying \u200dto complete \u200ba wolf turn. Her \u2063peerless floor routine included a deduction for \u2063stepping out\u2064 of bounds.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, it was hard to tell if it was 2023 or 2013, when she claimed her\u200b first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-unveils-awesome-national-title-rings\/\" title=\"Alabama Unveils Awesome National Title Rings\">national title<\/a>. She was a \u200b16-year-old prodigy then, still trying to harness her considerable talents.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Simone \u200dBiles competes in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/simone-biles-withdraws-from-individual-all-around-event-to-focus-on-mental-health\/\" title=\"Simone Biles Withdraws From Individual All-Around Event To Focus On Mental Health\">floor exercise<\/a> \u200bat the U.S. Gymnastics Championships, in San Jose, Calif., on Aug. 25, 2023. (Jed Jacobsohn\/AP Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now she&#8217;s a\u2062 20-something newlywed not yet ready to leave a sport\u200c she \u2063has redefined. The comeback she was sort of \u200diffy on until late spring only seems to be picking up speed. While she&#8217;s hardly getting ahead of herself\u2014she made it a \u2063point not to say the words \u201cOlympics\u201d or \u201cParis\u201d after her\u2062 victory in the U.S.\u2062 Classic\u2014her performance is speaking louder than\u200c any sequined-GOAT leotard ever could.<\/p>\n<p>The YDP offered proof. She \u200ctoyed with it in 2021\u200d but \u200dnever had\u200d a chance to \u200dattempt it in Tokyo, \u2062which would have added the vault to the \u200bsport&#8217;s Code of Points \u200bwith her \u200cname next to it. The one she completed\u2064 on Friday may have \u200dbeen better than any she&#8217;s\u2063 done at her home gym back in Houston.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s one of the rare gymnasts that go to \u2064meet and does it even \u2063better under pressure,\u201d Landi said. \u201cIf she&#8217;s very ready, at meets you&#8217;re going to see her explode.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biles certainly appears ready to have her \u2062passport stamped for Belgium in the fall when the U.S.\u2062 women head to Antwerp for\u2064 the world\u2062 championships.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a good chance Jones and Skye Blakely will join her.<\/p>\n<p>Jones, the runner-up at nationals last\u2064 year\u2063 and a\u2062 three-time silver medalist at the 2022 world championships, put together \u200ba bar routine that\u200d included a stunning\u200b 14.9 on\u2064 uneven bars. At 5-foot\u2014tall for a gymnast\u2014Jones \u200cis a study in fluidity and grace, with a dash of grit.<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s endured a turbulent two years since narrowly missing the\u2062 2020 Olympic team. Her father Sylvester died in December 2021 following \u200ba battle with kidney\u200b disease. Her leotard includes the date of her father&#8217;s passing stitched in Roman numerals on one of the sleeves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laurent Landi stood on the mat, arms outstretched. He shifted right, then left. Above, Simone Biles flew, legs bent at 90 degrees. 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