As it turned out, USA selected 3 gymnasts who could medal on Vault in Tokyo.
Of course only 2 / nation can get to the final. 😶
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Category: vault
Simone vs Herself – episode 2
Stuttgart Worlds. Beam double double.
She’s doing this Olympic cycle for herself. If and when Simone finally retires, she’ll remember this cycle for her many new named skills.
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Kenzo has retired age-24
One of the most decorated MAG gymnasts all-time, he’ll be long remembered with so many named skills in the Code.
Allan Bower – Vault
Shilese Jones DTY
Japan names Men’s Olympic team
Hashimoto Daiki
Kaya Kazuma
Tanigawa Wataru
Kitazono Takeru
And Kohei, age-32, for the plus one pick.
In the complicated and very competitive Japanese selection procedure, Kohei tied with Yonekura Hidenobu, the Vault specialist.
Kohei got the tie-breaker for his higher world ranking.
Simone and Kohei Uchimura will be the biggest NAMES in Gymnastics at the Olympics.
Andrade & Alvarado Olympic quota spots
Fan favourite Rebeca Andrade (56.700) has qualified another spot for Brazil in Tokyo. It’s certain she’ll be chosen to join Flavia.
Rebeca has had to come back from SO MANY injuries. I hope she feels it’s all been worth it.
Luciana Alvarado (50.833) will represent Costa Rica at the Olympics. I’m certain she’ll get the spot, as well. Congratulations.
I do feel badly for Canadian gymnasts who might have won an extra Olympic spot. Canada opted not to attend due to Covid.
Click PLAY or watch Rebeca’s 4 routines on YouTube.
Victor Levinkov invented Yurchenko
I’m one of those who feel we should resist calling out mainstream media when they make mistakes.
Bite your tongue for a few months. Let’s take advantage of increased attention.
After Tokyo, popular media will go back to mostly ignoring Gymnastics.
Natalia Yurchenko:
“This vault is in the code of points under my own name.
Indeed, I was the first gymnast to do this vault during an official competition. It was in Moscow during the Competition in 1982. …
Few people know that the first gymnast who performed this vault was a male gymnast!
It was invented by Russian gymnast Victor Levinkov during a national competition in Former USSR.
But this vault was not well accepted in the male Russian gymnastics. So my trainer has decided that I should do it and I began to learn it.
First I thought that my coach has gone crazy and wanted me to break my neck. …
NataliaYurchenko.com
Click PLAY or watch Natalia in 1982 on YouTube.
Chellsie Memmel – DTY
Someone named Simone did well yesterday …
But it was 32-year-old mother of two, Chellsie Memmel, getting the loudest ovations.
Watch her reaction on bringing back the DTY.
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Brody Malone leads at Nationals
Click PLAY or watch Brody’s Vault on Twitter.
Mikulak + Diab are the only two, so far, who have qualified for National Team and Olympic Trials.
