41-Year-Old Uzbek Gymnast Attempts The ‘Vault of Death’ To Try & Beat Simone Biles
Source: The Washington Post
Forty-one-year-old Uzbekistan gymnast Oksana Chusovitina was already something of a sensation before she competed in the womens vault competition. She had made history by merely qualifying for her seventh Olympic Games in Rio, becoming the oldest athlete ever to compete in womens gymnastics. But she didnt stop there on Sunday.
In an attempt to upstage her competition, and perhaps make a run at United States sensation Simone Biles who is just two years older than Chusovitinas 17-year-old son Chusovitina attempted the Produnova, which many have deemed the vault of death.
The vault is very dangerous, she told the Wall Street Journal this week. I say, Thank you, I like risk. Introduced in 1999 by legendary Russian gymnast Yelena Produnova, the rare vault involves a front-handspring entry with two front tucks off the table, and its official difficulty score rating is a seven. Only four other gymnasts have ever successfully pulled it off. It has become a story line attached to Biles, who along with her American teammates has said she wont attempt it because of the injury risks involved.
That didnt stop Chusovitina, who first competed in the Olympics in 1992 and at one time was part of the gymnastics team with the U.S.S.R., from attempting the terrifying move during Sundays final. It didnt go according to plan, although she luckily escaped serious injury. She landed on her shins and somersaulted to her back after the attempt.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/08/14/in-attempt-to-beat-simone-biles-41-year-old-uzbek-gymnast-attempted-the-vault-of-death/
SunSeeker
(51,572 posts)big_dog
(4,144 posts)Zing Zing Zingbah
(6,496 posts)Gymnastics is a tough sport and most people can't see it through that long. They usually get some bad injury have to quit. Her competitors are half her age.
big_dog
(4,144 posts)especially some of the chinese team, they got caught forging birth certificates a while back
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,489 posts)potato chips yesterday afternoon.
It was a 10. The opening, I mean. The chips were about a 2. Aldi house brand. We're not talking Utz here.
elleng
(130,974 posts)YOU win the LBN!!!
big_dog
(4,144 posts)it can be a tough one..lol
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)marble falls
(57,106 posts)ought to give it a shot in front of several thousand in a venue and millions on TV and then post the results on YouTube.
Yavin4
(35,442 posts)The nickname kind of warns you.