Simone Biles Analyzes Her Gold Medal-Winning Vault: ‘Don’t Trip, Don’t Trip’

Simone Biles remembers exactly what she was thinking while competing during the 2024 Paris Olympic Summer Games. 

On Wednesday, Aug. 7, NBC Olympics & Paralympics’ X account (formerly known as Twitter) shared a video of the most decorated United States Olympic gymnast of all time, 27, viewing a clip of herself doing a final vault routine at the Bercy Arena.

“Well, right now I’m thinking, ‘Don’t trip, don’t trip, good hurdle,” she said while watching herself in action. 

With her excitement growing, Biles continued, “At this part I kind of slipped on the table, so I was like, ‘Pull, pull, pull — but don’t pull too hard.' ”

The video showed her completing multiple backflips before landing on the mat. 

“And then once I landed on my feet, I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I just did it!’ ” Biles, who earned three gold and one silver medal during this year's Games, said. Biles now has 11 Olympic medals in her career.

She continued to recall one of many of her history-defining moments at this year’s summer Games. 

“So I was so excited. I couldn’t believe this moment right here actually,” Biles said of completing the routine before laughing at herself for “my little claps” as she celebrated her vault victory.

In a recent GRWM video posted to her TikTok account, the gymnast briefly mentioned the vaults being the portion that made her the “most nervous,” despite several techniques being named after her. 

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The Yurchenko double pike became known as “Biles II” after she was the first female athlete to successfully compete it at last year’s World Championships. It’s also the technique she completed to earn her second Olympic gold on the apparatus.

Biles and teammate Jordan Chiles also recently earned praise from former first lady Michelle Obama after the pair bowed to Rebeca Andrade during the medal ceremony for the women's floor gymnastics final on Monday, Aug. 5. 

“I’m still not over this beautiful moment of sisterhood and sportsmanship! You can just feel the love shining through these ladies. Congrats Rebeca, Jordan and Simone! ✨,” Obama, 60, captioned a repost of the image.

The moment marked the first time all-Black gymnastics were podium finishers after the women’s floor final.

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