The Best and Most Superhuman Skills Simone Biles Debuted in 2020 Alone — There Are Many

Before COVID-19 put a halt to Olympic training, Biles shared this video of herself doing a Yurchenko double pike. A Yurchenko entry on vault means a gymnast executes a roundoff onto the springboard and a back handspring onto the table before adding a flip off of the vault. The fact that she does a double pike (a backflip with straight legs in a piked position) out of this is incredible, and something you never see in women's gymnastics. According to sports journalist Blythe Lawrence, no woman has ever attempted the skill in competition.

Biles next debuted a triple-twisting double backflip off of beam. As a reminder, she got a triple-double named after her on floor as well as a double-double beam dismount. This triple double dismount is one more twist than that double-double she already made history with at the 2019 World Gymnastics Championships. It's connected to two back handsprings (one back handspring step-out and one regular back handspring to be exact).

So, Biles said she hadn't done a double backflip since she was 13. Naturally, then, she does it at practice back in July but connects it to a double layout (a double backflip in a laid-out position). We were speechless then and are still speechless now!

This tumbling pass that Biles shared is a roundoff into a layout step-out with one-and-a-half twists into a roundoff, back handspring, and double layout. Got that?

On National Gymnastics Day, Biles debuted something downright spectacular: a triple backflip (or a triple pike, to be specific). The skill does not currently exist in the Code of Points for women's gymnastics and is only done by a handful of men on the elite level.

Biles spent time during lockdown perfecting this viral handstand challenge. She removed her sweatpants all while balancing on her hands.

Watch Biles doing press handstands outside of the gym. She captioned this Instagram, "Stay home and stay focussed!"