Rio podium training.
Category: vault
Oksana – Handspring double front
In training at IGC.
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Hong Un Jong – Yurchenko triple
Handspring TRIPLE front
We’ve spent two quadrennials in fear of catastrophic injury on WAG Vault – Handspring double front.
This new vault is significantly more dangerous. 😦
Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter. Igor Radivilov, 2012 Olympic Bronze medalist.
predicting the Rio Vault Final
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Oksana 5th with Handspring double front.
Kerri Strug interview
Interesting.
Kerri Strug: ‘I was supposed to land the vault. Anything else would have been unacceptable.’
I’m reading The Sports Gene. One section talks about how athletes do not feel pain during extreme sports focus.
Gymneo – Yurchenko training
The subscription service Gymneo most recently posted:
Yurchenko part 1 (68min)
Yurchenko part 2 (53min)
I watched both straight through to compare with how we’re introducing that Vault in the Canadian Coach Education program.
The vault is very similar to double layout on Floor.
I was interested in two different hurdle actions compared. As always, the Gymneo graphics are excellent.
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Gabby Douglas – Vault
Gabby has never been the strongest vaulter. (I still have nightmares about her disaster at Pacific Rims years ago.)
But this one is very good.
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No Amanar, please. USA does not need it.
no Rio for Yang Hak-seon
Our 2012 Olympic Vault Champion was unable to recover in time from a torn Achilles in March.
The Korean Gymnastics Association gave him every chance to recover, even scheduling three additional trials this month to increase his chances, but on Friday the KGA said Rio was too soon and that he needed more time to get back to full health. …
Gymnastics Coaching.com 