most powerful female vaulter?

Several suggested others as powerful or more powerful than Alicia Sacramone.

Most often mentioned, Yelena Produnova, in her prime. The argument being, can Alicia do this?

Click PLAY or watch the only gymnast to ever successfully land this vault on YouTube.

… This vault was listed by selecious as the most “difficult, forget the code” of all time. I’d agree.

Like just about everyone else, I love Yelena Produnova.

But I think she was more freaky good at forward somersaulting than “powerful”.

This montage by Lexness captures her unique style well. Watch her leg “power”. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Cool. Outrageous. Gorgeous.

I recall watching Charlie Tamayo doing Handspring Front Layout up on to a stack of mats. And thinking, Nobody in the history of gymnastics ever did that as “easily”.

I still believe Alicia could do Handspring front up on to a stack of mats more “easily” than Yelena. Or any other vaulter I can recall.

… We need sport scientist Jeni McNeal to do some research on this for us.