The Yurchenko Double Pike (vault)
Description: A round-off onto the springboard with a back handspring onto the table, followed by a piked double salto off the vault. Much like the Biles II on floor (the triple-double), the Yurchenko Double Pike Vault has only ever been completed by men. This vault is a high-difficulty skill with only five male gymnasts ever competing it.
There are several reasons why this vault is so difficult. First and foremost, the gymnast has to generate significant power to hit the fault and spring high enough to complete two piked saltos. Harnessing that power in a piked position directly contradicts what the human body naturally wants to do when flipping backward. When completing a back salto of any kind, the body naturally wants to open up into more of a flat position. This means it requires extra strength and technique to hold that straight-legged pike position. Lastly, completing two piked backflips creates a great deal of spinning force which the gymnast then has to absorb and control as their feet hits the mat.
Origin: This skill was first performed by American gymnast Simone Biles at the 2021 United States Classic in Indianapolis, U.S.A..
Level of Difficulty: N/A (6.60)
So, what is the hardest gymnastics move in the world?
As Simone Biles continues to rack up new amazing skills, this question becomes harder to answer!
In the spring of 2021 Biles completed a brand new vault for women’s artistic gymnastics, the Yurchenko Double Pike vault. And to us, this is now the hardest gymnastics move in the world.
Why?
This skill has initially been awarded the highest level of difficulty of any vault which is a good reason to name it the hardest gymnastics skill in the world. But, beyond that, it’s important to remember that this vault is so difficult, no other woman has even tried it in competition.
Previously, we named the Produnova vault the most difficult skill in women’s artistic gymnastics due to it’s high risk and difficulty. But, several women have competed that vault, unlike the Yurchenko Double Pike vault.
. She been the damn GOAT so much that she took a whole Olympics off and nobody seeing her
