Ri Se-Gwang retired

Ri, now age 35, has been one of the top vaulters in history.

World Champion 2014, 2015 and 2018.

The Olympic Gold medalist in Rio.

Rio 2016

training layout over the Vault table

Many of the best coaches in the world like this drill.

And many do backward layout for Yurchenko.

Personally I’ve never used it. I’m not as much worried about safety of the athlete as a the technical problem of encouraging too high preflight.

I prefer progressions that encourage gymnasts to touch the table as quickly as possible. Low preflight drills.

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Melbourne World Cup FINALS day 1

Vault
G Jade Carey USA 14.866
S Coline Devillard FRA 14.249
B Shoko Miyata 14.149

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Bars
G Diana Varinska UKR 13.733
S Georgia Godwin AUS 13.633
B Daria Spiridonova RUS 13.533

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Floor
G Ryu Sunghyun KOR 14.933
S Kirill Prokopev RUS 14.6
B Milad Karimi KAZ 14.2

Pommels
G Stephen Nedoroscik USA 15.4
S Saeedreza Keikha IRI 15.033
B Kohei Kameyama JPN 14.833

Stephen scores internationally the kind of number he’s been getting domestically. A breakthrough.

He’ll petition to National Team.

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Rings
G Eleftherios Petrounias GRE 15.066
S Mahdi Ahmad Kohani IRI 14.5
B Ali Zahran EGY 14.266

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Yurchenko double pike to pit mat

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Maddie Karr – Vault

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Arden Hudson – Handspring 2/1 twist

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Maya Zonneveld is Elite Canada Jr Champ

1. Maya Zonneveld 99.831
2. Cassie Lee 99.231
3. Ava Stewart 98.598
4. Alicia Wendland 97.632
5. Sydney Turner 97.281
6. Rylee Miller 97.097

Full results.

Maya and Alicia are teammates at Revolution Gymnastics.

Clara Raposo won almost everything day 1: AA, Vault, Beam, Floor.

Unfortunately Clara had to withdraw from day 2 after an injury on Vault landing. Competition Vault landing is the single greatest risk in a very dangerous sport.

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Clara Raposo leads Elite Canada Jr 

1. Clara Raposo 51.616
2. Maya Zonneveld 49.632
3. Cassie Lee 49.349
4. Ava Stewart 48.899
5. Rébéka Groulx 48.749
6. Alicia Wendland 48.566
7. Rylee Miller 48.065
8. Sydney Turner 48.032
9. Bailey Inglis 47.899
10. Charlie-Ann Barbeau 47.516

Full results

Clara competed a good DTY to finish highest on Vault. Excellent 13.433 tops Beam. But put her hands down on Double Layout on Floor.

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Rylee Miller from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan leads on Bars.

Alexa Tucker is first on Floor so far.

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