1T. Afanasyeva
1T. Hong Un Jong
3. Paeska
Andy Thornton:
This women’s vault final was great. What an incredible surprise to see that Afanasyeva has suddenly become a world medal threat on vault …
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Overall, this was one of the best international vault finals we’ve had in a long time…at least in terms of difficulty. We had three Amanars, two Chengs (one not landed), some laid out Podkopayevas, handspring rudis, and Tsuk double fulls. That Tsuk double full from Ellie Black was particularly good – much better than her handspring rudi. …
Finally, it feels so much more right to award two medals when there is a tie. The arbitrary tie-breakers that plagued the Olympics in London did nothing but taint Olympic medals with asterisks and turn pure Olympic moments into somewhat artificial ones. They caused far too much controversy and frustration, and seeing Hong Un Jong and Ksenia Afanasyeva share this gold medal at the World University Games confirmed to me that I am all in favor of handing out shared medals when the scores fall that way.
She’s been the happy story of Universiade.
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