She can achieve a difficulty score of 6.4 or higher. For example, her triple-double on the floor is currently the only J-level element, and her vault — the Yurchenko double pike — was given a ...

Today's gymnasts receive scores in two separate categories for each routine: difficulty and execution. The difficulty score is open-ended, while execution is scored out of a 10.00.

D scores are based on the difficulty of the routine that the gymnast is performing. Unlike execution scores, the difficulty scores start at zero and increase as the routine plays out.

How did Simone Biles, Team USA score in women's gymnastics team final? The U.S. finished with a score of 171.296, well above the second place Italy at 165.494.

Nine judges are chosen to score each Olympics gymnastics event. Those judges are broken into three groups: the D panel (difficulty score), E panel (execution score) and reference panel.

UPDATE (August 3, 2024, 11:20 a.m. ET): On Saturday, Simone Biles won gold in the women's vault, bringing her total of Paris Olympic gold medals to three, with two more events to go. The allure of ...

Each event has different special requirements and difficulty bonuses. Special requirements are the necessary building blocks of the college routine for that event while bonuses are a menu of ...

Sometimes Biles has leaned on that baked-in advantage, and because of those difficulty scores, she has always prevailed. For more than a decade, she has won every all-around competition she has ...

If Simone Biles becomes the first woman to perform a Yurchenko double pike vault internationally at next month’s world championships, it will be rewarded with the highest start value in the event. An ...