The difficulty of Biles' vault is currently the highest in the women's sport, worth 6.4 points — which helps to offset the fractions of a point lost due to an extra step. On Saturday ...

Its central arch, shaped like a pointed vault, spans one metres across —still allowing rainwater and small streams to pass through. The roadway, around 2.5 metres wide, was once broad enough to ...

Even if Biles fell attempting it, costing a point in execution rating, it would be equivalent to the difference in the lower start value on the Amanar vault. The vault’s level of difficulty ...

boasts a 7-point start value on the uneven bars (compared to Biles’ 6.4) and Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade is perhaps the closest rival to Biles on the vault and floor events. In fact, during the ...