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Gymnast: Simone Biles of the USA

If Simone defends her all-around title at Tokyo 2020, she would be the first female gymnast to do so in 50 years, according to the Olympic Channel. The 22-year-old said after her first Olympic Games in 2016, "I'm not the next Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps: I'm the first Simone Biles."

Simone got two new skills named after her by landing them successfully at 2019 Worlds. There's the Biles on beam, which is a double-twisting double backflip dismount and is worth an H value, or eight-tenths of a point, despite opposition by Simone herself and some corners of the gymnastics world who think it should be worth more. Then, there's the Biles II (or Biles 2), that triple-twisting double backflip on floor you've seen all over the internet since July.

This is Simone's second floor skill named after her — hence the number two in its name — and it's worth a J, or one whole point. A J skill, for the record, is the highest-ever in the Code of Points.