I think what the FIG are thinking is that you can slip or fall and possibly land on your head or fall at a wierd angle which could cause debilitating injuries. What I don't get is why don't they just put more mats and padding around and between the bars
The Yurchenko vsalt is not considered dangerous by the FIG because now the vault table is bigger and sprung so theres more area for the gymnast to vault off of and now they require a U-shaped safety mat between the springboard and the vaultung table, so even if your foot misses the springboard theres still a place your foot can push off of.
Any element that has a gymnast standing on the high bar is banned. The FIG considers them to dangerous thats why Olga Korbut's Korbut flip on the uneven bars is banned
They banned them cuz of the high risk of death it's fun watching people doin the tricks but lots of people would easily die from that
doggygymnast260 1 month ago
That sucks how they banned these awesome skills >:(
megapieluver 3 months ago
@gymlovr828 Yeah it breaks the rhythm of the swing so they banned it.
ParanoidAndroidDA 3 months ago
@violaroadkill THAT'S SO TRUE!!! R.I.P. Julissa Gomez....
gymlovr828 1 year ago
OLGA KORBUT!! She's my favorite gymnast, along with Mary Lou... Ya standing on the high bar, in general, is banned now. right?? :D
gymlovr828 1 year ago
I think what the FIG are thinking is that you can slip or fall and possibly land on your head or fall at a wierd angle which could cause debilitating injuries. What I don't get is why don't they just put more mats and padding around and between the bars
TsubasaDreams 2 years ago
Well, the worst thing you can do on a standing element is fall off and break your leg, which you could do on any other move (see Sey's tkatchev)
violaroadkill 2 years ago
The Yurchenko vsalt is not considered dangerous by the FIG because now the vault table is bigger and sprung so theres more area for the gymnast to vault off of and now they require a U-shaped safety mat between the springboard and the vaultung table, so even if your foot misses the springboard theres still a place your foot can push off of.
TsubasaDreams 2 years ago
in which case the yurchenko vault should be banned - one person died doing a yurchenko, bu no-one's died doing a standing ub release.
violaroadkill 2 years ago
Any element that has a gymnast standing on the high bar is banned. The FIG considers them to dangerous thats why Olga Korbut's Korbut flip on the uneven bars is banned
TsubasaDreams 3 years ago