“Yurchenko gave Biles a way to make the jump more difficult, but without destroying his name” – Ivanova

American, four-time Olympic champion Simone Biles managed to perform the most difficult jump thanks to the foundations laid by three-time world champion in artistic gymnastics Natalya Yurchenko, two-time Olympic champion Lidiya Ivanova told .

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) previously announced that the complicated version of the Yurchenko vault, which Biles performed in 2021 at a tournament in the United States, was called “Biles 2”.

— The basis and foundation of the jump here comes from Natasha Yurchenko herself. The jump performed by Biles is completely different, it was created by Simone. This should not be confused with Yurchenko. This is such an insignificant fact. In world gymnastics there are simply millions of these elements. The American, based on the Yurchenko jump, has complicated the element, the basis is similar. Yurchenko gave Biles the opportunity to make the jump more difficult, but without destroying her name, Ivanova told .

Now five elements of artistic gymnastics are named after Biles.