Vault Final results
1. Claudia Fragapane ENG
2. Ellie Black CAN
3. Dipa Karmakar IND
Ellie was superb. She could hardly do either vault better. 🙂
Claudia Fragapane wins gold for England in the gymnastics vault at #Glasgow2014 http://t.co/K3fWYtlO1m pic.twitter.com/JaT87Q5WEv
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Karmakar is only an average international vaulter. Her first Vault (Kaz) was poor technique. (Compare with Black and Chant.)
Yet she’s gutsy enough to chuck a double front, holding the tuck until some fairly random contact position with the Floor. This time it worked. That’s the best landing since Produnova in 1999 FISUs. But it was luck.
FIG again rewards a gymnast for that dangerous vault. More coaches, especially those in the developing world, will decide that’s the best route to get famous. Sooner or later we’ll see a catastrophic injury. FIG will be partially to blame.
I strongly feel FIG WTC should ban the vault.
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