The best gymnast on Floor and Vault of the last decade is 28yr-old Marian Dragulescu from Romania.
… world titles on floor (2001, 2002, 2006) and vault (2001, 2005, 2006) …
Andy Thornton:
He’s still got it! Although we’ve seen him do a more difficult first pass (he used to do a punch front 1 ¼ out of that), he looks as controlled and powerful as ever. He made those passes look WAY too easy, and yet every single one of them is extremely difficult. How about that second pass of front full to front full 1 ¾? And he’s still doing a double-double as the SIXTH tumbling pass – unbelievable! He should definitely be in the gold medal mix on floor at worlds next month. …
American Gymnast – A look at the Romanian men’s team…
Click PLAY or watch his Floor from 2009 Romanian Championships on YouTube.
I’m not convinced. Marian has never had good form tumbling. And he does not look close to peak form here.
Recall that he was badly injured on a roll out skill in the past. Yet he’s still relying on those dangerous tricks … as is everyone else in contention for medals.
I wish the Men would ban roll out skills as the Women did long ago.
Marian is the favourite on vault, as Andy explains his blog post.
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