Simone Biles submits new skill at Paris Olympics: Everything to know about her new uneven bars element

The most decorated artistic gymnast, Simone Biles of the United States, has submitted a new skill on the uneven bars for approval from the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) to be named for her.

On Friday, Biles submitted a new uneven bars routine for assessment in which the gymnast will attempt a Weiler-kip with a one-and-a-half pirouette (540-degree turn). In this new skill, she will have to execute a forward clear hip circle of 540 degrees or one and a half turns with a handstand and then a variation of her usual Weiler-kip. The move is anticipated to be performed at the beginning of her uneven bars routine, where Weiler comes into play.

However, to ensure that the skill is named after her, the Olympian must execute the move smoothly at least once without a fault during her performance in the Paris Olympics. If she manages to do so, Simone Biles will have her sixth signature gymnastics skill in her name, with the Biles I on floor exercise, the Biles II on floor exercise, the Biles I on vault, the Biles II on vault, and the Biles on balance beam being the other five.

The FIG Technical Committee has assessed the maneuver, and on a scale of A to J, they have awarded it a difficulty level of E with 0.5 worth in element value. If she receives a green signal on the skill from FIG, then Biles will have a named skill in every apparatus. Svetlana Khorkina, who represented Russia at the Olympics between 1996-2004, had nine named skills to her credit at one point but now has three under the 2022-24 FIG women’s code of points only credits her with skills

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Simone Biles has three other gymnasts joining her to submit a named skill at the Paris Olympics

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Simone Biles is not the only gymnast who has applied for an original gymnastics element at the Paris Olympics. She will be joined by her Brazilian rival, Rebeca Andrade, who has submitted a triple-twisting Yurchenko for the vault. "Round-off, flicflac on - stretched salto backward with 3/1 twist (1080°) off" is the description of her skill, as per FIG's website. The skill is expected to be awarded with a score of 5.8 and an element value of 6.00.

Dutch gymnastics prodigies Lieke Wevers and Naomi Visser have also submitted a skill for the floor exercise. The duo will attempt a triple turn with legs held horizontal during their participation at the Paris Olympics. Wevers' and Visser's floor exercise move has been rated an E on the difficulty scale and 0.5 on the element value.