What is the name of Simone Biles's balance beam dismount skill?

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The name of Simone Biles’s balance beam dismount skill is the Biles dismount.

The element is a double-twisting, double-tucked salto performed as a dismount from the balance beam. In practical terms, Biles leaves the beam, completes two backward somersaults in a tucked position, and adds two twists before landing.

Gymnastics skills are named for athletes when they successfully perform them in an officially recognized international competition. Biles introduced this difficult beam dismount at the 2019 U.S. Classic, and it was subsequently added to the Code of Points under her name. It received a high difficulty value because of its combination of twisting and flipping.

A common mix-up is confusing this element with Biles skills on other apparatus. The Biles II is a Yurchenko double-pike vault, while another Biles-named element on floor exercise is a triple-twisting, double-tucked salto. The beam element is specifically the double-double dismount.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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