Category: vault

Simone competes Yurchenko Double Pike

Making HISTORY … again.

Amazing.

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It’s this kind of thing that keeps the greatest of all time motivated.

Nancy Armour – Simone Biles maintains gold standard despite 19-month layoff between competitions

Shilese Jones – Vault

Fantastic.

I just wish she had held that STICK. In Men’s Gymnastics it would have been deducted.

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Simone – shock and disbelief

Many male gymnasts have done Yurchenko Double Pike into the PIT.

On to competition mats, very few.

None this easily.

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Simone’s Yurchenko Double Pike

On competition mats.

EASY.

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Tanigawa Wataru – Vault

Piked double front half. STICK.

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FIG Vault mats are dangerous

With or without bad lighting, they are too narrow for the most powerful vaulters in the world.

I’ve seen many injuries from missing the mat completely.

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Japanese Olympians chosen this weekend

For the host men, a hugely deep and competitive competition.

NHK Trophy is on 16th May, and the top 2 gymnasts after scores from NHK are combined with Nationals scores earn automatic selection to the Tokyo Olympic team.

The final two spots on the Olympic team are determined following the All Japan Event Championships in June. …

Nationals was won by Hashimoto Daiki who … scored a huge 88.532 in the final, scoring 15+ on four events (including a new and impressive Yonekura (kas 2.5) on vault) to win with a combined score of 173.365.

Within a point of him are Tanigawa Wataru (172.728) and Kaya Kazuma ( 172.696) seperated by only 0.032. …

The Japan Situation 2021: What’s at Stake for NHK Trophy?

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GBR trial Cardiff videos

British Gymnastics posted some videos from the recent test meet in Wales.

Click PLAY or watch Ondine Achampong’s Vault on YouTube. She’s going to be amazing in the NCAA competing for Cal.

As with the GBR MAG team, selectors have some tough choices to make.

China – Vault, P Bar, H Bar Final

Vault

  1. Huang Mingqi
  2. XIANG Xudong
  3. LIU Yang

P Bars

  1. ZOU Jingyuan
  2. YOU Hao
  3. LIN Chaopan

H Bar

  1. JI Lianshen
  2. LIN Chaopan
  3. SUN Wei

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Read Spencer’s WAG / MAG Recap – CHINESE NATIONALS EVENT FINALS

China – Vault & Bars Final

Vault
Deng Yalan 14.766
Liu Jinru 14.366
Yu Linmin 14.500

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter. Kas 1/1 and Rudi.

Bars
Fan Yilin 6.3 15.066
Luo Rui 6.2 14.766
Wei Xiaoyuan 6.2 14.766

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Full results.