Category: vault

terrible injury to Samir AΓ―t-SaΓ―d

I don’t want to watch the video. 😦

Samir

USA Today

It was a compound fracture of his tibia/fibula. He will haveΒ surgery in Rio.

Recall Samir missed the 2012 Olympic Games because of a knee injury on Dragulescu at the European championships in Monptellier.

There’s too much incentive to throw dangerous vaults in both MAG & WAG. I blame FIG rules. 😦

Fabian HambΓΌchenΒ spoke out to the media on this point after his teammate Toba was injured.

Ri Se Gwang – Dragulescu pike

The favourite for Gold on Vault. His second vault was equally difficult, equally well done.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

Hong Un Jong – Yurchenko 3/1

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Kenzo – Yurchenko 3 1/2 twist

Rio podium training.

http://papaliukin.tumblr.com/post/148404270679/todays-leo

Hong Un Jong – Yurchenko triple

With spot. But still impressive.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via papaliukin)

Handspring TRIPLE front

We’ve spent two quadrennials in fear of catastrophic injury on WAG Vault – Handspring double front.

This new vault is significantly more dangerous. 😦

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter. Igor Radivilov, 2012 Olympic Bronze medalist.

https://twitter.com/gymtrol/status/760129305863151616

Kerri Strug interview

Interesting.

Kerri Strug: ‘I was supposed to land the vault. Anything else would have been unacceptable.’

Strug

I’m reading The Sports Gene. One section talks about how athletes do not feel pain during extreme sports focus.