Friday, March 27, 2009

Individual Apparatus Awards - Vault

The awards for great individual apparatus work. Vault first.

Vault awards are hereby presented to:

Svetlana Boguinskaia for beautiful execution and an always stuck landing. She is the 1988 Olympic Champion.

Elena Zamolodchikova for great form and and a good variety of vaults. She originated the Double Twisting Tsukahara (6.00 VT). She is the 2000 Olympic Champion.

Cheng Fei for supreme difficulty and flawless execution. She is a three time world champion.

Oksana Chusovitina for dynamite power and a great landing. She deserves major kudos for sticking around so long. She is the 2008 Olympic Silver Medalist, 1991 World Silver Medalist, and 2003 World Champion.

Simona Amanar for originating the 2.5 Twisting Yurchenko, the 2nd hardest vault in the 2009 COP. Major kudos for the usually perfect DTY also. She is the 1996 Olympic Champion.

last but certainly not least....

Anna Pavlova for perfect form. She usually sticks her vaults and has a great skill variety. She is the 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist.

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