Has that skill ever been competed?
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@NastiaFan101 notes it’s a very unusual technique. She “stoops in”. Straddles out. Deduction for brushing the Bar it seems. He notes that Maloney did something very similar, but looks to have intended to touch the rail (toe-on, toe-off) rather than to miss it completely as Norah was trying.
Update. Jacob thinks she touched the rail deliberately, as Maloney did.
He could be right. Another of Chow’s gymnasts, Victoria Nguyen, is clearly doing the el-grip toe-on, toe-off.
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