43 HIGHLIGHTS OF GYMNASTICS Simone Biles Secures Gold for Team USA at 2023 World Championships, Making History Again to secure gold: assicurare l oro The routine clinched the US women s team their seventh consecutive gold medal at the World Championships. to clinch: aggiudicarsi Simone Biles s floor routine was a golden one. The 26-year-old s routine helped secure the win for Team USA at the 2023 World Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, on Wednesday. to be a golden one: da medaglia d oro to secure the win: assicurarsi la vittoria The team made up of Biles, Shilese Jones, Leanne Wong, Skye Blakely and Joscelyn Roberson notched the victory by more than two points over Brazil, with an overall score of 167.729. the team, made up of: la squadra, composta da to notch the victory by points: intascare la vittoria di punti overall score: punteggio complessivo The four-time Olympic gold medallist successfully pulled off a double pike vault, which features a round-off entry and a back handspring onto the apparatus followed by two flips. The vault was named the Biles II. to pull off: portare a termine double pike vault: salto doppio carpiato round-off entry: ingresso in rondata back handspring: flic smezzato flip: rovesciata According to NBC Sports, at the World Championships the vault was graded 6.6 in difficulty, which makes it the most difficult vault in Women s Artistic Gymnastics. No wonder Simone used a spotter ! to be graded: essere valutato no wonder: non c da sorprendersi spotter: osservatore Before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Biles had hopes of landing the vault. But in the months leading up to the competition, she nixed the routine, citing the risk vs. reward factor. to land the vault: eseguire il salto to lead up to something: condurre a qualcosa to nix: rifiutare Adapted from: https://people.com/simone-biles-pulls-off-historic-vault-atworld-championships 86 Simone Biles TO DO The spotter is usually a coach or teammate who works to make sure tumbling and jumps are performed safely.