Amanda Turner linked to the video of where the coach (not her personal coach) blundered touching Youna on a Def spot … when clearly it wasn’t needed.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
I did the same thing once on Geinger but a far lesser touch. The gymnast was ready to kill me. … Luckily the judges pretended not to notice, and took no deduction.
At a later meet Youna had the opposite problem:
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Though he took a lot of grief for that non-spot, I’m somewhat sympathetic for the coach (her personal coach) on this one. That’s a very tough decision to make in a split second.
… He did not need to grandstand by leaving his arms out to the side. Especially as it turned out she was injured on that fall.
Molly Shawen Kollmann trained Def. She can’t understand why Youna has it so late in the routine.
This girl is an awesome gymnast. But her career seems jinxed. Or is it dangerous coaching, as many speculate?
At the time (May 2010) it was thought to be a meniscus injury. Leave a comment if you have information on Youna’s condition for World’s. UPDATE: She’s been training over the summer, knee seemingly cured.
related post – Gymnastics Examiner – … Youna Dufournet injured
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Maybe he spotted her because he’s seen her do gymnastics before.
Force of habit, you know.
All kidding aside, a Def is probably my favorite skill.
As I understand it, the coach in the first video is different from the second and that the coach in the second video is her normal coach… but maybe I’m wrong but I do know the coach in the first video isn’t her regular coach…
I dont understand why he stood up at all and put his arms out to the side like that. Its one thing to put your arm in and then take it away b/c in that split second you think she caught safely, but it is entirely another to stand up and not even be prepared to help. How was he going to catch her with his arms out like that? It was only distracting and i’m doubtful it could ever be helpful. Very weird.
That’s correct. The second video is her controversial personal coach.
Youna is fine. She’s been attending the French training camps all summer. How she is mentally, I’m not sure…she is a bit in need of a “waaahhhmbulence” most times. Granted, her coach is a jerk, but nonetheless…
Shawn has a Def, now. It is her crazy new hard UB skill.
Wow. I’ll have to treat her as a serious athlete, upping difficulty on her weakest apparatus.
Any video?
Her personal coach is a giant JERK. He is grandstanding by keeping his arms out to the side on that, using his body language to remind those watching that HE wouldn’t have touched her at Europeans because she didn’t NEED to be spotted (probably because he thinks his coaching is so fantastic his athletes don’t fall). Yet when she needs a spot he is not there to catch her, and injures her knee as a result. Would you trust your daughter with a lunatic like that?
He is such a jerk he managed to make the notorious Eric Demay look nice. Demay did the right thing by erring on the side of caution to protect for the safety of the athlete. In the video at Europeans he apologizes to her after the routine. Do you think her personal coach did the same?
Rick, I think he’s joking …
Shawn is gonna getcha! She’s like the Jaws shark. (Get bizzy, Spanny.)
It would have been a really tough call on the 2nd def, since she did grab the bar. There is not a lot he could have done really. It was just an unlucky way to fall.
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