Simone Biles proves she's the G.O.A.T in world of gymnastics

Simone Biles showed up for Saturday's U.S. Classic wearing a leotard adorned with a rhinestone goat. That was no idle boast, as the Olympic champion added to her greatest-of-all-time credentials with another slice of gymnastics history.

Biles became the first woman to land a Yurchenko double pike vault in competition, powering her to the all-around title at the meet in Indianapolis. In her first competition since the 2019 world championships, Biles earned a massive score of 16.100 for the vault and finished with a total score of 58.400. Teammate Jordan Chiles was second in the all-around (57.100) and Kayla DiCello third (56.100).

Grace McCallum of Isanti, competing in the all-around for the first time since the 2019 worlds, placed fourth (55.100). Suni Lee of St. Paul did two events and had falls on both, finishing eighth on balance beam and 10th on uneven bars.

The U.S. Classic was a tune-up for the national championships June 3-6 and the Olympic trials June 24-27.

Biles wasn't flawless. She took a step on the landing of her historic vault, put her hands down on a landing during her floor exercise and fell off the bars. But the extraordinary difficulty of her routines kept the Olympic and world all-around champion on top.

"It was really exciting competing [on the vault]," said Biles, who had the day's highest scores on vault, beam and floor. "I've been working so hard on it in the gym, and to finally put it out in a competition was really nice.

"Uncharacteristic fall on floor and on bars, but I'm not really mad. I'm just trying to get back out there and compete 4-for-4."

McCallum said she was "really happy" with her performance. After surgery to repair a fracture in her left hand in late January, she competed only on beam at the American Classic in April and began training full vaults just three weeks ago. She finished fifth on beam, tied for fifth on vault and floor exercise and tied for 15th on bars.

"It felt amazing to get back out there," said McCallum, who plans to add upgrades to her routines before the U.S. championships and Olympic trials. "It was really good to get back into that environment."

Lee, who was runner-up to Biles in the all-around at the 2019 U.S. championships, performed two extremely difficult routines.

The reporter did not travel for this event. This article was written using the television broadcast and video interviews after it.