Category: vault

Dipa wins Vault

A National hero to 1.3 billion people back home. 🙂

1 KARMAKAR Dipa IND 14.833
2 CHUSOVITINA Oksana UZB 14.716
3 LITTLE Emily AUS 14.383
full results

Dipa’s Handspring double front was better than in the prelims. Definitely not a zero vault.

Under current FIG rules I’d say the ranking of the top 3 was fair. WTC did not address how to more severely evaluate dangerous deep landings. They should. There is too much incentive to “chuck” the Prudnova.

That said, Dipa is great on this apparatus. Her 2nd Kasamatsu (like Tsuk double twist) was one of the best vaults at Test Meet.

Dipa will inspire many tens of thousands of kids to try the sport.

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related – Indian Express – Dipa Karmakar vaults into history books after qualifying for Olympics

Dipa Karmakar – Produnova

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Not a zero vault, in my opinion. Judges gave her 8.066 execution score. Final = 15.066.

FIG WTC should be more severe on dangerous landings than that.

An excellent YDT scores about 15.0

Dipa’s podium training double front was better.

Men’s Apparatus finalists in Rio

Floor
1. Zapata ESP 15.400/6.7
2. Vernyayev UKR 15.208/6.9
3. Abad ESP 15.066/6.1
4. Behan IRL 14.966/6.1
5. Dragulescu ROM 14.900/6.5
6. Gobaux FRA 14.833/6.2
7. Schmidt NED 14.833/6.4
8. Yoshioka JPN 14.800/6.4
R Leru CUB 14.800/6.4

Pommels
1. Vernyayev UKR 15.633/7.0
2. Sun CHN 15.566/6.4
3. Likhovitsky BLR 15.241/6.5
4. Ude CRO 15.200/6.2
5. Hidvegi HUN 15.100/6.5
6. Rittschik GER 14.966/6.5
7. Sienichkin UKR 14.850/6.3
8. Orozco USA 14.833/6.4
R Georgiou CYP 14.800/6.1

Rings
1. Petrounias GRE 15.900/6.8
2. Zanetti BRA 15.800/6.8
3. Ait Said FRA 15.600/6.7
4. Radivilov UKR 15.266/6.9
5. Liao CHN 15.233/6.7
6. Morandi ITA 15.033/6.5
7. Wilson GBR 15.000/6.4
8. Vernyayev UKR 15.000/6.6
R Chen TPE 14.933/6.7

Vault
1. Vernyayev UKR 15.233/6.0/6.0
2. Dalton USA 14.933/6.0/5.2
3. Kim KOR 14.933/6.0/6.0
4. Morgan CAN 14.750/5.6/5.6
5. Radivilov UKR 14.600/6.0/6.0
6. Bourguieg ALG 14.483/5.6/5.2

Only 6 men competed 2 vaults.

P Bars
1. Vernyayev UKR 16.266/7.1
2. Fokin UZB 15.766/6.6
3. Arican TUR 15.700/6.6
4. Calvo COL 15.600/6.9
5. Dauser GER 15.566/6.7
6. Nguyen GER 15.500/6.6
7. Orozco USA 15.466/6.5
8. Antoniotti FRA 15.400/6.4
8. Corral MEX 15.400/6.4
R Leru CUB 15.366/6.6

H Bar
1. Wilson GBR 15.333/6.8
2. Zonderland NED 15.233/6.6
3. Bretschneider GER 15.183/6.6
4. Orozco USA 15.100/6.8
5. Leru CUB 14.933/6.7
6. Calvo COL 14.933/7.0
7. Deurloo NED 14.925/6.7
8. Yoo KOR 14.833/6.1
R Vernyayev UKR 14.800/6.5

(via International Gymnast Magazine)

NCAA Vault Champions 2016

1. Brandie Jay (Georgia) 9.9500
1. Katie Bailey (Alabama) 9.9500
3. Ashleigh Gnat (LSU) 9.9250
3. Hollie Blanske (Nebraska) 9.9250

Click PLAY or watch Brandie Jay on YouTube. BOOM!

Click PLAY or watch Katie’s Yurchenko half on YouTube. 🙂

Clearly the NCAA must clarify start scores on Yurchenkos with half twist.

stupid Karolyi training

The most severe, the most stupid Gymnastics training was in the 1980s. Here’s a case study. Other coaches tried to emulate.

Retton has undergone 19 surgeries, including having both hips replaced, partially because of all the pounding as a gymnast. She needs back and shoulder surgery, which won’t be scheduled until after the Rio Games.

“When I say we did 60 to 70 vaults a day, we did — and that was landing on that hard surface,” Retton said. …

Catching up with Mary Lou Retton, Olympic darling of 1984

Mary-Lou

Click PLAY or watch part of that interview on Facebook.

Mary Lou Retton: Ignore your critics, do what you love

(via GymCastic)

Eddie Penev – Li Xiaopeng vault

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(via papaliukin)

Cottbus World Cup Finals day 2

Beam
1 Katarzyna Jurkowska Poland 14.033
2 Sophie Scheder Germany 13.900
3 Sanne Wevers Netherlands 13.666

Click PLAY or watch the Gold medal Beam routine on Facebook.

Floor
1 Lisa Top Netherlands 13.600
2 Katarzyna Jurkowska Poland 13.533
3 Sophie Scheder Germany 13.333
full WAG results

Click PLAY or watch Lisa’s FX on YouTube.

Read the gymmapstics report.

Vault
1. Verniaiev, Oleg UKR 15,233
2. Qu, Ruiyang CHN 14,899
3. Gischard, Benjamin SUI 14,833

Click PLAY or watch Gischard on YouTube. Handspring front 2 1/2 twist first vault.

P Bars
1. Nguyen, Marcel GER 15,666
2. Baumann, Christian SUI 15,500
3. Dauser, Lukas GER 15,366

H Bar
1. Verniaiev, Oleg UKR 14,966
2T Baumann, Christian SUI 14,766
2T Braegger, Pablo SUI 14,766

Full results MAG & WAG are linked from this page. Amanda Turner’s report on the last day of Finals is here.

Is International Gymnast magazine EVER going to update the functionality of their website? 🙂

Jing Wu – the same Vault twice

Jing Wu finished in 2nd place in Cottbus.

Her first was supposed to be a Kasamatsu. (Left hand contacting first, left twist.)

Handspring

But NO JUDGE should call this a Tsukahara approach. It’s a Handspring with staggered hand position.

Click PLAY or watch both vaults on YouTube.

This is the same cheat the Chinese men were doing in the past. 😦