Category: Gymnastics

teaching beginner Vault

Keep the horse LOW.

Keep the horse SOFT.

The worst mistake you can make is to (somehow) get the child fearful of Vault. That’s likely to affect the sprint.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. Here’s what U.S. judges are looking for.

Karla Navas – Vault

One of the highlights of the Pan American Gymnastics Championships 2025 in Panama was seeing this great Vault from Karla Navas โ€” from Panama.

She’s won a LOT of Vault medals over her career.

Nakamura Haruka – Bars

This is her routine when she leaves out the Def. Still great.

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Here’s the Def in competition. Fantastic.

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PanAm Gymnastics Championship ’25 Apparatus Final RESULTS

Vault

  1. Karla Andrea Navas Boyd PAN 14.334
  2. Lia Fontaine CAN 14.200
  3. Jayla Hang USA 13.850

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Bars

  1. Gabrielle Hardie USA 13.600
  2. Jayla Hang USA 13.533
  3. Lia Fontaine CAN 13.167

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Beam

  1. Lia Redick CAN 13.267
  2. Jayla Hang USA 13.233
  3. Hezly Rivera USA 13.000

Floor

  1. Lia Fontaine CAN 13.800
  2. Jayla Hang USA 13.433
  3. Gabrielle Hardie USA 13.133

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Full results.

Lia Monica Fontaine – PanAm’s Floor

First year senior, Lia Monica Fontaine, is a name to watch this quad. She finished 2nd AA at PanAms.

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Hwang Seohyeon – Beam

Hwang Seohyeon is the next superstar from Korea. Unsurprisingly, her role model is Simone.

Asian Gymnastics Championships Apparatus Finals

Vault

Bars

Beam

Hwang Seohyeon is amazing. Remember the name. A new senior from Korea.

Floor

Martina Maggio can SWING

Odd cast handstand, though.