“I’ve accomplished way more than my wildest dreams, not just at this Olympics, but in the sport,” Simone Biles said after her Paris Olympics campaign came to an end. Her performance was nothing short of extraordinary, earning her four medals: Three golds and one silver, solidifying her status as the most decorated U.S. gymnast in Olympic history. The Bercy Arena was filled with a star-studded audience, including celebrities like Lady Gaga, Tom Cruise, Serena Williams, and Michael Phelps. But she did miss one thing, she did one sacrifice, one that could have only elevated her status.

A gymnastics enthusiast asked Simone Biles today on X, “@Simone_Biles now that everything is quite and Paris was a year ago, can you give us the behind the scenes tea on the Weiler 1.5 👀Like what was the thought process behind the skill and/or if you actually intended to compete it🫶🏻”. In the Weiler 1.5, the gymnast swings forward under the bar in a smooth motion, then whips into a quick one-and-a-half spin around it. The turn flows right up into a handstand, making it look seamless when done well. But what has Simone Biles got to do with it?

Biles submitted this advanced uneven bars skill to the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympics. Had she successfully executed it during the competition, the routine would have been officially renamed after her. But she did not. Why? Because she was saving it for the best.  The gymnast replied to the tweet, “if I made bar finals I was going to compete it !!! soooo close 🤞🏾”. She did not qualify for the uneven bars final. She finished in ninth place with a score of 14.433, just below the qualification cutoff of 15.600.

For the unversed, the Weiler 1.5 is named after Wilhelm Weiler, a Canadian gymnast. Among his contributions to the sport was the development of the Weiler kip, an in-bar move involving a reverse grip front hip circle that casts to a handstand. The Weiler 1.5 is an advanced variation of the original Weiler kip.

But even if not Weiler 1.5, do you know that Biles still has 5 gymnastics moves named after her?

All the moves named after Simone Biles

Just at the age of 16, Simone Biles let the world know that she was destined for greatness when she performed a double layout with a half-twist in the second flip on the floor at the 2013 World Championships. The move since then has been etched into history as The Biles (Floor). In 2024, Panamanian gymnast Hillary Heron included the move in her floor routine at the Paris Games, becoming the first gymnast to execute the element in Olympic competition other than Biles herself.

Five years later, having claimed gold in the Rio Olympics, Biles brought another move to the gymnastics world. During the 2018 World Championships, she did a half-twist onto the vaulting table and a front double full somersault off. The Biles (Vault) was born.

Then she went back to show her greatness on the floor again. At the 2019 World Championships, she took on the floor and did a triple-double that had two flips and three twists – The Biles II (Floor). Then was the time for the beam.

At the very same championships, the gymnast with the most medals debuted the Biles (Beam). This move is a dismount from the balance beam that involves two twists and two flips. And Vault is not facing FOMO either.

At the 2023 World Championships, she did a Yurchenko-style vault with two flips in a pike position – The Biles II (Vault).

So, while chances of her showing up in LA are still 50-50, Simone Biles cannot be taken away from gymnastics. And maybe, in LA, as well, we will see the birth of another Biles move. But among the 5, do you have any favorites? Share with us in the comments.