What if Mohini Bhardwaj retired before Athens?

[RAFIKI]

Thank you. I’d either forgotten or never seen that before. Lovely vault.

 

[makam]

OT: I live for the flame leo.

Don't love forward layout vaults. And I went "oomph" for her knees but that might just be the nature of the beast.

 

[rlayt]

The flame leo was a favorite of mine too. Designs are so fussy now.

 

[RedBirdie]

When Chelsie Memmel rocked up to 2021 nationals in a flame homage leo

 

[RAFIKI]

It was overused at the time but I loved Chellsie bringing it back.

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

Thank you. I’d either forgotten or never seen that before. Lovely vault.

I have a feeling there was no youtube footage of it for years.

 

[RichardL]

9.8/9.7 SV wouldn't have necessarily challenged for a medal, but she was usually very clean so who knows. She used the Tsuk full in 1997/2001 VT EFs at Worlds so she was clearly trying to give herself the best chance she could. Easily would've made finals with a hit DTY.

 

[irichluck21]

I’d either forgotten or never seen that before.

She didn't do it at Nationals or at Trials. It was not required to show two different vaults for the AA in that quad, once they did away with it after the 2001 Worlds. USA did two nights of AA and night 1 counted as event finals as well.

So just one vault at Nationals got you the vault gold. Tricase won in 2004 with a 9.525 for a DTY. She had a Pod for her second vault, but we only saw it once IIRC at the 2002 World Team Camp before she injured herself.. I always thought Tricase was capable of an Amanar. Had she not constantly gotten injured I think she would have had that vault quite easily.

At Olympic Trials, same thing, just one vault.

Bhardwaj showed the half on layout front off at selection camp.

So we didn't have footage of Bhardwaj doing the second vault previously AND NBC didn't show her second vault on their broadcast. BUT she had been on the start list for two vaults in TQ, since in 2004 you needed to show the 2nd vault to make vault finals.

Interestingly, Bhardwaj was invited to the 2005 American Cup to do VT as she still had a strong DTY and had upgraded her second vault to a RO, 1/2 on front full off. She was injured shortly before the meet and was replaced by Melanie Sinclair.

 

[Concorde]

So just one vault at Nationals got you the vault gold. Tricase won in 2004 with a 9.525 for a DTY. She had a Pod for her second vault, but we only saw it once IIRC at the 2002 World Team Camp before she injured herself.. I always thought Tricase was capable of an Amanar. Had she not constantly gotten injured I think she would have had that vault quite easily.

Tom Gardiner said that Tricase showed both a Podkopayeva and the 'Lopez' at the 2002 World Selection Camp.

 

[irichluck21]

I couldn't remember about the Lopez, but I remembered she had a Pod.
If she didn't get injured I do imagine she would have taken Humphrey's spot for VT/FX