Tim Daggett always made such a hash of explaining why Alicia did two vaults. How hard would it have been to just say something like, "to qualify for vault event finals at the Olympics, an athlete has to show two different vaults in team prelims" instead of...whatever Tim tried saying 😜
it's a front plant vault, meaning front handspring on the horse. after she does the plant she does a one and a half twist. and her other vault is called a double twisting yurchenko
@harrypottersgymnast yeah, the girl landing on her knees and still beating Alicia was ridiculous! If start value is what counts why not just throw the hardest trick you can and not even worry about landing it? lol
'That girl' is Cheng Fei, the only woman in history, the first person in history, and one of the only two people in history to have three consecutive world vault titles to her name. She would have without a question won if it wasn't for her fall, and it's not as if she had any control of the scores.
@Stonymypony totally agree! And after Nationals, I thought Sam P was a shoo-in....I wish they would have named those 5 at Trials [I know that never will happen, but I would have wanted Chellsie, Alicia, and Sam to breathe esy about being on the team and just concentrate on the Olympics and not have to "prove" themselves anymore....]
