high Aerial Walkover

There are some gymnasts who can do this skill much higher than the rest.

Many keep nose as close to the Beam as possible to increase rotation.

Instead, Lily has more height — therefore more time — and the skill looks far, far more impressive.l

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’92 Olympic Beam Champ Tatiana Lysenko

Tatiana Lysenko is the 1992 Olympic champion on balance beam.

Born in Kherson, Ukraine, Taanait has a Ukrainian-Jewish background.

Her home town is right now occupied by Putin’s troops. Tatiana lives in California.

She won bronze in the all-around at the ’93 Worlds for Ukraine after the breakup of the USSR.

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Thanks Chere Hoffman and Dave Lease for the link.

Commonwealth WAG Apparatus Finals 2

Beam
Kate McDonald 13.466 AUS
Georgia Godwin 13.433 AUS
Emma Spence 13.066 CAN

Floor
Alice Kinsella 13.366 ENG
Ondine Achampong 13.033 ENG
Emily Whitehead 13.000 AUS

Amalia Puflea – Beam

Olesya Dudnik – Beam

One of the greatest from the strongest era of Soviet Gymnastics.

1989 European Beam Champion.

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