What is Simone Biles' best event? Exploring the American's brilliance on each apparatus as she shines at Paris Olympics 2024

Simone Biles kicked off the 2024 Paris Olympics with stellar performances in the floor, vault, and balance beam, scoring the highest score (59.566) in the all-around. When it comes to her best event, Biles has more floor medals across World Championships and Olympics and performs Biles II on the floor with a difficulty score of 6.6, the highest in her repertoire.

Biles is inarguably the most decorated gymnast with seven Olympic medals in her wall of fame, having tied with former US gymnast, Shannon Miller. The 37 medals across World Championships and Olympics earned her the honor of the most successful gymnast of all time.

At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Simone Biles made her third Olympic appearance after a rough stint in Tokyo. In the women's qualification - subdivision 2 on July 28, the Olympian marked her official return to the Olympic stage. She executed a near-flawless routine in the uneven bars and scored 14.733. Following that, she posted 15.800 and 14.666 in the floor and vault, respectively, despite tweaking her ankle.

Biles executes the best routines on the floor, having amassed one Olympic gold and six world titles in the same. She earned her debut floor gold at the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics, which also saw her introduce Biles I, the first skill named after her.

Her second skill on the floor, triple-twisting double backflip, named Biles II, was first performed by her at the 2019 World Championships. She is a six-time World floor champion and the first US woman to win gold in every event on the World level.

A deeper look into Simone Biles' eponymous skills

Biles introduced her first floor skill, Biles I, at the 2013 World Championships, which has a difficulty score of 6.0 and range 'G'. Biles II on the floor combines a round-off and a back handspring, after which she launches her body and embraces a double-flip following a tuck position, twisting thrice.

Biles II has earned the recognition of the hardest floor skill in gymnastic history with a difficulty score of 6.6. After she last performed it in the Tokyo Olympics, the skill didn't come back until the 2024 Olympic year. Simone Biles also has two vault skills in her name, Biles I in vault, also called the Amanar, holds a difficulty score of 5.8 - 6. Yurchenko Double Pike, Biles II in vault, was named after her at the 2023 World Championships.

Her only eponymous skill in the balance beam combines a double-twisting double-back, which has a difficulty score of 6.2 and a range of 'H'.