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And the All-around probably should have been even higher.

One of the greatest College gymnasts all time.

UCLA – athlete bio

Click PLAY or watch watch her 10.0 Vault on YouTube. The only 10 of the competition.

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Our 2010 World Champion is back in shape. She’s got to be considered a strong contender for the Olympic AA podium.

… Aliya Mustafina, performing only a portion of her full difficulty, won the all around with a score of 58.95 ahead of Grishina with 57.7 and Dementyeva at 56.55.

Observers (Maddie at the All Around forum and Trudi at the IG Forum) noted in particular the excellence of Mustafina’s double twisting Yurchenko (15.2 with an execution score of 9.4). Komova, performing only on bars and beam, acquitted herself well with a 15.85 on bars and a 15.2 beam. Dementyeva’s contribution of a 15 on beam should also not go without note. …

Rewriting Russian Gymnastics – RUS-GBR-SUI Tri-meet – videos, partial results

Click PLAY or watch that Vault on YouTube.

More of Maddie’s videos from that meet.

Romila Storjohann is there for Couch Gymnast. See her posts.

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Sandra Izbasa is working on a new vault. Actually she upgraded her layout Podkopayeva to a round off flic-flac with 1/2 turn on – stretched salto forward with 1/1 turn (6.1 difficulty score). With this vault and with her double twisting Yurchenko, she has a real shot to keep the European title she won last year in Berlin. …

Fangymnastics – Romanian gymnastics blog

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Lloyd:

… Remember the 2000 Olympic vault final? I do. A Huge amount of tension surrounded the apparatus following the height mishap in the All Around competition, adding extra excitement to wat was already a great showcase of talent.

The lineup was starstudded: lots of top all around competitors were present along with some wildcards like Laura Martinez, whose DTY had been super consistent during her stay in Sydney. There was a nice variety of vaults, high levels of execution, and the general feeling that the vault title was as prestigious and important as any other gold medal in the sport. …

read more – The E Panel – Crack open the vault

Click PLAY or watch Zamo win the 2000 Games on YouTube.

What’s happening in 2012?

Well over 90% of Vaults are Yurchenkos. Statistically they are over-valued compared with the other families.

Many of the best vaulters don’t try for finals. They don’t have time. Superseding priorities are Team and All-around.

That video was linked by Full Twist in a new feature — Gymnastics History: Olympic Champions – WAG Vault — nostalgic recollections.

I was so happy and surprised when Henrietta Onodi (HUN) shared the Gold in 1992.

Will changes in the 2013-2016 Code help?

I’m not yet convinced.

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I’ve not yet seen anyone name Ukraine as a possible team medalist for London.

Yet they are bloody good.

… one of the top men’s programs in the world.

… With only a dozen or so guys on the national team, the unassuming Ukrainians stunned by quietly finishing fifth as a team at the 2011 World Championships, and since then they’ve only gotten better.

Gymnastics Examiner – This could be the golden age of Ukrainian gymnastics

For example, Igor Radivilov on Vault. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

What’s he applying to the Vault horse? Just water?

(via The Gymnast Life)

Igor won Vault (PDF) in Zibo, China, last weekend.

related – Legendre won Floor and was 2nd on Vault at that meet. Congratulations.

Update – After I’d written this post, I saw Alexa Ainsworth post:

… With six apparatus to complete – anything can happen in the men’s team final, so don’t count out Germany, Russia, or Ukraine either. …

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Love his weird round-off.

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NCAA reduced the start score of each vault by 1.0 to bring that apparatus more in line with the rest.

(via The Gymnast Life)

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UkrainianGymnastics on YouTube uploaded a video of Oleg Verniaiev training an ultra-difficult “Ri Se Gwang” (VIDEO) vault.

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The best one I’ve seen her do.

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See more prelim Vault videos from Zibo including Cheng Fei and Thi Na Thanh Phan via Couch Gymnast.

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… Courtesy of Justin from WWGym, Egypt’s Fadwa Mohamed is channeling Yamilet Pena, and training a Produnova vault. …

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via Stoi

That link has a Produnova video, for comparison.

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It’s going to be very difficult to make the Canadian Olympic Team for London.

Ellie Black is a real contender, training high starts and unique skills / combinations.

Click PLAY or watch training footage of Beam / Floor / Vault on YouTube.

I love the beam leg padding.

She’s coached by Keiji Yamanaka.

(via Couch Gymnast)

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Gymnastics Planet linked to Kristian Thomas’ new vault:

Click PLAY or watch it in training on YouTube.

He did compete it — very well — at the London Open. (VIDEO)

Thanks Nick.

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Giulia Holzer was there, posting for Couch Gymnast:

… This competition let us know how deep the American field is and how will be difficult for Russia to overtake them. I liked a lot the dualism between the powerful and solid work from Raisman and co and the elegant, artistic but not so solid work from Russia. …

… On floor I think I saw the highest double double ever from Elizabeth Price. It was sky-high and the audience just went crazy about it! Her double layout was huge too. …

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… On vault the USA showed a huge power. Maroney’s amanar was just stunning. High, solid, clean.. Just amazing!! (16.00). …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. D: 6.500 E: 9.500

read more – Notes from Jesolo

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BIG.

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GymPOWER is there in Italy. Uploading videos to their YouTube channel.

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