When I saw the tiny thumbnail photo of this vault posted on Facebook by International Gymnast magazine, I thought:
WOW. A gymnast with amplitude like Alicia!
When I clicked through to the IG page, however, I found … it was Alicia.
Alicia Sacramone- 2005
IG Photo of the Day: September 28, 2009 – Alicia Sacramone (U.S.) vaults at the 2005 World Cup in Paris.
I don’t know if we’ll ever see a female gymnast get this much height again.
Alicia announced she would like to make a comeback. Nothing confirmed so far as I’ve heard.
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There are vaulters that have gotten better height than Alicia. Why does everyone act as though she was the best ever?
Amazing Pic! Incredible form – legs squeezed tight, toes pointed, ankles together, great body alignment…we don’t see this often *sigh*!!!
What vaulters got more height?
Nadia’s body was 1m 20cm clear of the horse on Tsuk. …
I never liked how Alicia whipped herself over on that Rudi.
About getting more height. I remember seeing Cheng Fei vault once and being flabbergasted at how she popped off the horse. Just went “boom” into the air.
One of the girls at my gym gets, if not as much height as Alicia, damn close. I’ll see if I can get a video at some point.
It’s confirmed that she’s planning, at the very least. I imagine we’ll hear something soon, since she was planning to get back in the gym with Brestyan in October.
She was in our town this weekend and she said she is training. She has her skills back on beam but that’s it right now.
Cheng has a much more pronounced POP off the table. Laschenova was ridiculous in her vaults. She trained Yurchenko double backs.
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