Simone Biles Handstand Challenge

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Simone Biles Handstand Challenge refers to an athletic feat by Olympic gymnast Simone Biles in which she performed a handstand and used her feet to remove her sweatpants. Her videos inspired others to attempt the task, though many failed due to its difficulty.

Origin

On April 11th, 2020, Olympic gymnast Simone Biles^[1] posted a video in which she performed a handstand then used her feet to remove her sweatpants, gaining over 34,000 retweets and 303,000 likes (shown below).

Spread

Her video inspired others to attempt the feat. Some were able to successfully pull off the challenge, including Twitter user @MakaylaSheahan,^[2] who gained over 1,000 retweets and 16,000 likes (shown below, top) and the daughter of user @Boyd220,^[3] who gained over 160 retweets and 4,300 likes (shown below, bottom).

While some were able to pull off the challenge, many made self-deprecating jokes about their lack of athletic ability. Chrissy Teigen joked, "Simone I have to lay down and have someone else do it normally,"^[4] gaining over 900 retweets and 30,000 likes (shown below, left). User @porscita^[5] wrote, "Bih I can barely get them off the regular way," gaining over 200 retweets and 5,700 likes (shown below, right). The challenge and jokes were covered by The Daily Dot.^[6]

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