Mykayla Skinner – Amanar, double double

Gymnastics Examiner linked to the video of Mykayla from last weekend at Fiesta Bowl:

The Amanar Club just keeps getting bigger.

It’s newest member is Arizona’s MyKayla Skinner, who successfully landed the 2.5 twisting Yurchenko vaultt …

She’s 14 (born Dec. 9, 1996, making her just barely old enough to be eligible for the 2012 Olympics), and trains at Desert Lights in Arizona. …

Continue reading on Examiner.com – Mykayla Skinner’s Amanar, and why it matters

Click PLAY or watch all 4 apparatus on YouTube.

Another slight, light girl doing Amanar. That’s impressive. Komova impressive.

She competes an easy standing 1/1 on Beam and double double on Floor, too. … She’s competed the double double in 2010. (VIDEO)

Unfortunately her Bars are not at the international level. And active flexibility is lacking.

Blythe points out that if Mykayla can do Amanar on a concrete floor, how much easier is it going to be on podium?

Who will be the first to successfully compete triple?

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