Category: vault

spotting Tsuk with a belt

Even if you have a pit, it’s not a bad idea to introduce the “flip” this way.

The first time I saw this done was in the 1970s. Crazy coach Dave Copeland asked me to be second spotter on the belt (a pair of blue jeans). It was at an outdoor summer camp. No pit. We RAN alongside the gymnast, spotting on the actual vault horse. Surprisingly, it worked well.

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Yeo Seo-jeong – Olympic Bronze Vault

Yeo Seo-jeong is the first South Korean female gymnast to win an Olympic medal.

But who was better? Father Yeo Hong-Chul, silver in 1996? Or daughter in 2021?

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evolution of Men’s Vault

Everyone agrees that what’s happened in the past few Codes is dangerous and stupid. FIG provides every incentive for men to chuck the hardest stunts they might possible land — and somehow land on their feet.

Also, the landing mats are insufficient for this level of skill. We need something much more like the FIG Doublemini landing mats.

YES a few of the most talented can land consistently and relatively safely, but not many.

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Worlds Finals MAG – day 2

Vault

  1. Yulo Carlos Edriel PHI 14.916
  2. Yonekura Hidenobu JPN 14.866
  3. Medvedev Andrey ISR 14.649

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P Bars

  1. Hu Xuwei CHN 15.466
  2. Yulo Carlos Edriel PHI 15.300
  3. Shi Cong CHN 15.066

H Bar

  1. Hu Xuwei CHN 15.166
  2. Hashimoto Daiki JPN 15.066
  3. Malone Brody USA 14.966
  4. Macchini Carlo ITA 14.966 — same score as Brody, but loses the tie break.

Uchimura 6th with 14.600.

A good final.

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Read Spencer’s LIVE blog for details.

Full results.

Worlds Finals WAG – day 1

Vault

  1. Rebeca Andrade BRA 14.966
  2. Alice D’Amato ITA 14.083
  3. Angelina Melnikova RUS 13.966

Bars

  1. Wei Xiaoyuan CHN 14.733
  2. Rebeca Andrade BRA 14.633
  3. Luo Rui CHN 14.633

Worlds 2021 finalists

AA

  1. Angelina Melnikova RUS 57.065
  2. Leanne Wong USA 55.749
  3. Kayla DiCello USA 55.700
  4. Hatakeda Hitomi JPN 53.798
  5. Vladislava Urazova RUS 53.065
  6. Filipa Martins POR 53.032
  7. Wei Xiaoyuan CHN 52.865
  8. Carolann Heduit FRA 52.765
  9. Anastasiia Bachynska UKR 52.665
  10. Lee Yunseo KOR 52.540
  11. Naomi Visser NED 52.266
  12. Asia D’Amato ITA 52.099
  13. Alice D’Amato ITA 52.098
  14. Shin Solyi KOR 51.400
  15. Yelizaveta Hubareva UKR 51.265
  16. Ruby Stacey GBR 50.765
  17. Georgia-Mae Fenton GBR 50.690
  18. Celia Serber FRA 50.499
  19. Rose Woo CAN 50.466
  20. Maria Ceplinschi ROU 50.399
  21. Emma Slevin IRL 50.165
  22. Jennifer Williams SWE 50.032
  23. Stefanie Siegenthaler SUI 48.864
  24. Marlies Männersdorfer AUT 48.798

Vault

  1. Rebeca Andrade BRA 14.800
  2. Elze Geurts NED 14.350
  3. Asia D’Amato ITA 13.816
  4. Angelina Melnikova RUS 13.783
  5. Csenge Bacskay HUN 13.666
  6. Natalia Escalera MEX 13.633
  7. Nancy Taman EGY 13.533
  8. Ofir Netzer ISR 13.516

Bars

  1. Rebeca Andrade BRA 15.100
  2. Wei Xiaoyuan CHN 14.733
  3. Luo Rui CHN 14.500
  4. Angelina Melnikova RUS 14.466
  5. Zsofia Kovacs HUN 14.433
  6. Vladislava Urazova RUS 14.366
  7. Elisa Iorio ITA 14.183
  8. Filipa Martins POR 14.133

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Beam

  1. Luo Rui CHN 14.566
  2. Angelina Melnikova RUS 14.033
  3. Pauline Schäfer GER 13.733
  4. Leanne Wong USA 13.700
  5. Yana Vorona RUS 13.633
  6. Ashikawa Urara JPN 13.533
  7. Kayla DiCello USA 13.500
  8. Rebeca Andrade BRA 13.400
    — Murakami Mai JPN 13.400

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Floor

  1. Murakami Mai JPN 14.166
  2. Angelina Melnikova RUS 14.100
  3. Leanne Wong USA 14.000
  4. Kayla DiCello USA 13.800
  5. Vladislava Urazova RUS 13.433
  6. Yuna Hiraiwa JPN 13.400
  7. Maria Ceplinschi ROU 13.300
  8. Anastasiia Bachynska UKR 13.100

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https://twitter.com/intlgymnast/status/1450106349136850948

Tsuk double pike warm-up

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Li Xiaopeng on Vault

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Yurchenko elevation

Gymnasts need height, rotation and distance in the post-flight.

Here’s a drill for height.

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