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Simone Biles Nailed A Risky Vault During Practice And My Whole Body Hurts Just Watching It

Simone Biles just landed her Yurchenko double pike in podium training and we are SPEECHLESS. ud83dude2e #USClassic @Simone_Biles @OnHerTurf

Twitter: @NBCOlympics

Now, take a moment and check it out again from this angle:

Simone Biles just did THAT. ud83eudd2f (via @NastiaLiukin) @OnHerTurf

Twitter: @NBCOlympics

So, if you are a newbie to gymnastics like myself: "Yurchenko" refers to the round-off on the springboard and the back handspring onto the vault. The "pike" refers to the way her legs are positioned in the air as she flips twice.