![]() Her four-event score in qualifiers, 60.965 points, was higher than the 60.100 she earned on the first day of the U.S. When Worlds began, Biles had not yet been back in the gym a full year. To put it in layman's terms: Biles is the undisputed G.O.A.T. Over the following two days, the individual event medals she captured made her the first woman in 31 years (the last was Elena Shushunova in 1987) to medal in each event at a world championship, and the first American woman to do so. Her latest all-around gold came with the highest margin of victory ever recorded at a women's gymnastics world championship, 1.693 points (her total score was 57.491). ![]() (□: /1hoUY2kOHa- Inside Gymnastics October 11, 2018įive days later, the "pearl" still in her system, Biles became the first female gymnast ever to win four all-around gold medals. Because new elements are named after the first gymnast to successfully compete them internationally, this vault will now be known as "the Biles." It is her second eponymous element the first is a double layout half-out, a G-level floor exercise skill. The next day she successfully landed a vault no other woman has ever competed internationally – a Yurchenko half-on, front layout flip with double twist off that has a difficulty score of 6.4. She was in a nearby emergency room, courtesy of a kidney stone she later nicknamed "The Doha Pearl." The video I saw was here (embedding disabled) but then this picture came along.Just past 12:00 AM local time on the morning of women's qualifiers at the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Doha, Qatar, the best gymnast in the world wasn't in bed dreaming sweet dreams of yet another gold medal. At one point, I thought she had a better block than Maroney. Here, she did her DTY and attempted the same second vault that Maroney competes. We must not forget that Mustafina has now medaled on every event, earning a vault silver at the 2010 World Championships with an Amanar and Yurchenko 1/2 on, full off vault. The difference in their shoulder angles is pretty remarkable, IMO." - The Pushy Queen of Slut Town (PQST) on tumblr for quotes and screen capsĪliya Mustafina attempted to qualify for vault finals with 2 vaults. Out of the two, I’d say Simone is much more likely to master a good Cheng. ![]() Simone, on the other hand, completes the 1/2 turn fully before her hands make contact and push off the table and gets a much cleaner, higher block. If you look at them head on from behind the table, McKayla’s hands make contact with the table before she completes the 1/2 turn and therefore she blocks with her shoulders at different angles, one hand in front of the other and doesn’t get the height or rotation that she should. "Simone has a FAR superior block & technique on the roundoff 1/2 on entry than McKayla. Simone competes a round off half on, half twist off which is sometimes called a laid out Podkopayeva (who did it piked) or a Lopez. It wasn't until PQST made some screen caps comparing Maroney's block to Simone's that helped me realize what it was. Something about that vault always rubbed me the wrong way and the best I could do was describe it as wonky. ![]() This vault is sometimes called a Mustafina although it is not officially named for Aliya Mustafina in the Code of Points nor was she the first one to compete it. It has a lot to do with her 2nd vault, the round off half on, full twist off. My biggest issue with calling Maroney the greatest vaulter of all time has very little to do with her Amanar, the vault that made her irreplaceable to the 2012 Olympic team and made her famous around the world for sticking it in team final. The more we see slow motions of her Amanar vault, the more we notice the slight break in form and the harder she pushes for the stick, the worse the potential landing errors seem to be. However, as time goes on, it is likely that her position as the greatest vaulter at the moment will be threatened. McKayla Maroney will undoubtedly be on the list of greatest vaulters of all time which includes athletes like Oksana Chusovitna, Cheng Fei, and fellow American Alicia Sacramone. ![]()
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