Simone Biles nails signature dismount, now known as 'The Biles'

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Simone Biles nails signature dismount, now known as 'The Biles'
Simone Biles competes on the balance beam at women's all-around gymnastics at Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Credit: Shutterstock / Leonard Zhukovsky

Simone Biles is already a living legend in the world of U.S.A. gymnastics, but now the decorated Olympian will have two moves named after her.

Biles and the rest of Team U.S.A. competed in Germany for the world championships on Saturday, and she executed a perfect double-double dismount on the balance beam and a triple-double in her floor routine. The double-double will now be known as "The Biles," and the triple-double as "The Biles II" (because she already has a floor element named after her — and one in vault, too).

Biles and her fellow U.S. gymnastics teammates are looking ahead to the Olympic games in Tokyo in 2020.


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Proma Khosla is a Senior Entertainment Reporter writing about all things TV, from ranking Bridgerton crushes to composer interviews and leading Mashable's stateside coverage of Bollywood and South Asian representation. You might also catch her hosting video explainers or on Mashable's TikTok and Reels, or tweeting silly thoughts from @promawhatup.

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