GYMN-L Digest - 8 Dec 1995

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Topics of the day:

1. VAULT QUESTIONS

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Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 01:49:14 -0400
From: ***@CAPITALNET.COM
Subject: Re: VAULT QUESTIONS

Gees, this is like a trivia thing. Jeff asks:

> 3)Anyone seen Davidova or another gymnast actually land the full
> on front off vault?

I've seen it once by an Ontario gymnast (can't remember who) and can't
remember if she landed on her feet. If I get a chance to talk to Davydova
this weekend, I'll ask her. It'd be cool if she were training a gymnast to
do it too, eh? This is a 10.0 vault.

> 4)Can women do one arm vaults? Are they valued higher than the
> two arm version?

They "can", but a vault performed with either one or no hands in the
support phase is invalid.

> 6)What is the highest rated vault with only involves twisting and
> no somersaulting?

Without the FIG supplement, vault #1.501 is from a 10.0. It's a 1.5 twist
on with full twist off.

> 7)Who is credited with performing the first tsukahara vault?
Mrs. Tsukahara? ;^) I don't know, but the first I ever saw it done was in
'76 and by then all sorts of women were doing it. Nelli Kim would be my
guess.

> and 10)Anyone seen a gymnast perform more than two twist (pre and
> and post flight combined) in a vault?

Some Winstonette girl (Tanya Somebody?) used to throw a half on - double
twist off. It was pretty good too.

Getting late... Thanks for the vault homework...

Grace

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