On the International Gymnast Forum numblemon states:
Many of you will disagree with me but I find that vault was at it’s cleanest and most powerful from 1989-1992. I know this is a small window and there were Yurchenko Fulls ad nauseum but I liked it then and I like it now – they were mastered and often stuck …
Click PLAY or watch Shannon Miller – 1992 Olympics AA – Vault 1 … STUCK COLD on YouTube.
Shannon was truly one of the greatest gymnasts of all time. Wow!
There’s been surprisingly little progress on Vault since that time. The introduction of the new table revolutionized Men’s Vault. But little has changed on the Women’s side.
More examples of numblemon’s Golden Age of Vault.
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