Charles Blow chats with Daniel G. Kelly, associate professor at the Preston Robert Tisch Institute for Global Sport at NYU, about gold medalist Simone Biles nailing the risk Yurchenko Double Pike at the U.S. Classic.
Biles couldn’t be appropriately scored because the women’s technical committee for the International Gymnastics’ Federation discourages the move. When asked why she attempted the move, she said, “Because I can.”
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