Unorthodox Gymnastics

How Natalia Yurchenko Changed The Vault Forever

Dvora Meyers
Jun 03, 2021
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When Simone Biles performed her amazing/mind-blowing/insert your own superlative here Yurchenko double pike vault a couple of weeks ago, everyone collectively lost their minds because it was that awesome.

In case you haven’t seen it or—and this is probably more likely—in case you want to watch it again, here it is:

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