Simone Biles was the first woman to attempt this ‘scary’ vault move. Now she’s telling it, ‘R.I.P.’

Chuck Schilken | Los Angeles Times (TNS)

Simone Biles may compete again. Or she may not.

Either way, the 11-time Olympic medalist will not be performing her most iconic vault — one of five elements bearing her name in the International Gymnastics Federation code of points — ever again.

It’s called the Biles II, also known as the Yurchenko double pike, a nod to the former Soviet gymnast who originated the cartwheeling approach to the vault. It is the most difficult vault element...