Potential upgrades ahead of Worlds

[CameliasFingerpaint]

I’m glad she is at least vaulting a 1.5 which will help her ankles a bit. But I’m really not convinced her body will hold up.

The double pike is baffling, however. I don’t understand why anyone dismounts with it.

 

[YurchenkoLoop]

Zhang Qingying and Zhang Xinyi are doing great double pike dismounts. Sometimes a big hop back and an occasional chest-at-hip-height for ZXY but theirs are very good. I don’t think this skill is one that people shouldn’t bother with. It can be very much worth it. Remember Sloan’s?

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

Yeah, that’s never happening unless there’s a running out of bodies scenario. But it isn’t about being usable, it’s about selection processes.

 

[Doug1233]

gives her the edge over Fenton

Except where Fenton has a better vault and a better floor…

 

[blake]

Gadirova training a Rulfova

 

[RedBirdie]

SQUEEEEE!

 

[Samxo]

I hope she goes 56+ at worlds, although a better scoring potential she could actually miss out on an all around medal

 

[Hatsumomo]

God I miss seeing Rulfovas. I love that skill. This is exciting.

 

[onodian]

And now, for a short rulfova love pause

 

[YurchenkoLoop]

wow I had no idea anyone but Yang Bo did that series

I’m surprised we haven’t seen free walkover + straddle/split jump + Rulfova DBD .3 this quad. Also free walkover + ring jump + Rulfova DDD for .5. There’s nearly half your routine

 

[Sasha]

I still haven’t recovered from the slew of janky Rulfovas we saw in the '97-'00 quad. But it’s nice to see something a bit different!

 

[Samxo]

Jessica’s back training the second loso. I’m curious as to what difficulty she’s aiming for worlds. (Although this skill won’t help my nerves)

 

[Concorde]

wow I had no idea anyone but Yang Bo did that series

Three element(or more) acro series ending in a Rulfova are fairly rare as a whole. I wouldn’t be surprised if there are more that have done it, but the only additional ones that come to mind are:

• Kristy Powell (same series)
• Svetlana Khorkina (same series)
• Corina Ungureanu (from two back handspring stepouts)
• Elodie Lussac (from back handspring stepout + layout stepout + back handspring stepout)

 

[MaryClare]

There were a couple in Russia in 2006.
Nadezhda Ivanova did Onodi Kotchetkova Rulfova and Alyona Donodina did punch front bhs rulfova

 

[irichluck21]

Sara Moro did it in 2004
FF, LSO, Rulfova

 

[onodian]

I think they didn’t mention her cause i posted her athens routine upthread

 

[irichluck21]

I think they didn’t mention her cause i posted her athens routine upthread

Oops I completely missed that post.

MY BAD

 

[Denn]

Pay attention, you lazy bum!!! There’s only thousands of posts in the past week or two. You have no excuse to have missed one.

Especially one of onodian’s!

LOL

 

[irichluck21]

Pay attention, you lazy bum!!! There’s only thousands of posts in the past week or two. You have no excuse to have missed one.

I blame PTSD on my summer school class.
Never again!!!

 

[Marcio_Custodio]

Is there any international meet ahead before worlds?
I mean brazilian main gymnasts havent competed abroad so far. Im not getting what is the strategy