'Biles II' and 'The Biles': US gymnastics star is name of game at worlds

USA gymnastics queen Simone Biles made history on her opening appearance at the 2019 world championships by landing a triple double skill on the floor which will be named "Biles II".

The 22-year-old Texan then pulled off a double-twisting double tuck dismount off the beam which will be known simply as "The Biles".

Biles, who now has four skills named after her, is set to add to her record tally in Stuttgart of 14 gold medals at her fifth world championships.

Her "Biles II" came when she landed a triple-twisting double back on the floor during qualification for the team event.

Earlier, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) gave the beam skill an 'H' rating, which Biles thought should be higher.

She made her feelings clear by tweeting "haha - bullshit" over a diagram of the double double.

USA Gymnastics was also unhappy with the grading, tweeting "we believe the skill should be given the value it merits".

"It felt really good to nail it," said Biles after Saturday's action.

"It's hard, you have to reward it. I still wanted to go out there and get it named after me for myself and then we'll see what happens."
"I get really nervous before I go out and my legs turn to stone, which scares me because I'm supposed to be good on that event, but I had a lot of energy so that helped."