Did you see French gymnast Youna Dufournet? Her horror show Floor Exercise routine at European Championships:
… It’s not disastrous. It’s SCARY. Youna SHOULD NOT be competing those tumbling passes, and it’s downright irresponsible of her coach (who looked nothing except angry at the end of the routine) to let her do so.
She’s going to get hurt — and hurt badly — if she continues like that. I’d love to see the French Gymnastics Federation or the FIG sanction her coach. …
Looks like it may not have been a one time disaster. In podium training and competition at American Cup she was very dangerous on Beam dismount.
I can’t bear to embed either routine on this site. Click through if you want to watch them.
I did send an email about those two routines to Keith Russell of the FIG. Unfortunately his Scientific Commission has no authority to sanction coaches or athletes.
Is the new code pushing this gymnast to do more difficulty than she can safely manage?
photo 2006 – Youna Dufournet
UPDATE: Ellen in the comments mentions a third meet where Youna had problems with her beam dismount. And Ellen, too, blames the coach.
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