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American gymnast Simone Biles has dominated the Rio Olympics with five medals (four of them gold) but just as impressive as her medal haul is how she's gone about winning them: with gravity-defying flips, including one named after her. 。
SEE ALSO:Simone Biles proves she's a badass once again。While Biles has impressed with the air she gets on the vault and the balance beam, it's her execution of a move known as "The Biles" that's been causing to jaws to drop. While she's been pulling off the move for a while now, it got its biggest audience during the Rio competition.。
The Biles is "a double layout with a half-twist and a blind landing," according to the 。 The Biles is "a double layout with a half-twist and a blind landing," according to the 。New York Times。 . Sounds incredible enough already, but, as another excellent 。Times。
piece pointed out, it's execution is unlike anything else you saw in Rio.。

By signing up you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.。 Thanks for signing up! 。Oregon State University physicist Faye Barras, Ph.D., spoke with 。
Inverse 。
about Biles' ability to seemingly defy physics and she was as floored as the rest of us: 。What I was amazed at is that last double layout. I mean, she has to get so much height there in order to be able to spin twice with her full body length extended. It looks, from the video, almost like she has to get her whole body height up, which is incredible. 。 Quartz。notes that it's Biles' strength-to-weigh ratio which "lets her jump to about double her actual height" while keeping her body straight during the layout. And the。
Times。
Times 。
backs up the assertion that when Biles is "at the peak of this pass," Biles reaches "nearly twice her own height."。Twice her own height is just shy of 10 feet, at 9 feet, 4 inches. 。
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