will most likely be worth a J, or one whole point, according to Cheryl Hamilton, who attended the 2012 and 2016 Olympics as a judge and is internationally qualified. She told POPSUGAR that, as chair of the Women's National Technical Committee, she and two others — chair of the International Elite Committee Kelli Hill and USA Gymnastics's representative to the FIG Women's Technical Committee Tatiana Perskaya — were the people to determine that J value.
Cheryl admitted that the skill is so good that they had to surpass H and I. As for next steps, it would then need to be submitted to the FIG Technical Committee at Worlds this year, if landed correctly, to get an official value. It would be named after Simone and would go into the FIG Code of Points for women's gymnastics.
Simone has therefore climbed that insanely high mountain in gymnastics with not only medals to prove it, but also her name in the rule books. Of that very first skill bearing her name,,"That's really cool to have something named after me and have it stay in the history of gymnastics, but it's kind of weird because every time I do it, I say, 'Oh, I'm gonna do a double lay half out.' I never say, 'Oh, I'm gonna go do The Biles.