Simone Biles Broke High Jump World Record? Jumping Over NBA’s Tallest Victor Wembanyama, Gymnastics GOAT Soars in Track and Field

Think of some of the most common phrases you’ve heard, ones like “aging like fine wine” and “the sky is the limit.” Well, when it comes to Simone Biles, there couldn’t be better idioms to represent her. At the US Olympic Trials, the 27-year-old sealed a third Olympic team spot for herself and is set to become the oldest female US gymnast at the Games in the last 72 years. And as for the sky being the limit, Biles pulled off an almost unthinkable gravity-defying move.

Can you imagine someone who’s 4’8” jumping 12 feet in the air? That’s precisely what Simone Biles did while performing her floor exercise routine. Let’s go back to the 2019 US Gymnastics Championships. During her floor exercise routine, Biles became the first woman to land a triple-double in competition. NBC reporter Nick Zaccardi described it: “It was the epitome of what Simone Biles is – the height, the power, and the clean execution. There’s nobody else that can do that skill at all…” Well, except Simone Biles, because it looks like she executed it even
more perfectly (if that’s possible) at last week’s trials.

And in doing so, she may have just added another record to her already glowing resume. The skill – performed with Taylor Swift’s…Ready For It? playing in the background – ended with a flawless landing without any stumble or unsteadiness. This exercise earned her the best score of the evening (14.725), but even more interesting was the height she achieved compared to other sports. Sportscenter shared a picture of Biles 12 feet in the air while executing the triple-double, comparing her jump to the tallest active NBA player, Victor Wembanyama. “SIMONE BILES TOOK FLIGHT ” they wrote.