Giulia Steingruber of Switzerland, not at this competition but a great vaulter! |
Here is how it went down:
1. Brandie Jay - USA - 14.337
2. Elsa Garcia - MEX - 14.312
3. Catalina Escobar - COL - 14.162
It was a good final. Unfortunately Yamilet Pena went for the harder vault and sat it down again. It was better than worlds, she landed sat down instead than on her back (in that scary fall).
Brandie Jay from the US came gain with her higher difficulty and although her vaults were not as clean as in qualifying, or as the second and third place finishers, she had the most difficulty and that guaranteed her the gold. Her DTY and Half on half off in the stretched position (she was given the pike, but I think she tried it straight) gave her the edge.
Elsa Garcia was extremely clean with her 1.5 Y (little step on the landing) and Half on Piked half off - Podkopayeva (stuck, very clean), but because her difficulty was substantially lower she could not get the gold. I am happy she got a medal though, she has struggled at this competition and pulled through here.
I was impressed with Catalina Escobar's DTY, it was so powerful and high, she landed with the chest really well positioned, and although she had a big step back and to the side, still the scored 14.900. Her second vault, a tucked Omelianchik, was also good with hops in the landing, but only worth a 4.6 D which took her down to third. If she can work on a more difficult vault for the future she can be competitive in this category internationally because she is very good at the DTY, which I believe can become a Amanar.
Again the Brazilian struggled, Hypolito put her hands down on her second (Pod pike) vault and Gomes Nunes struggled and took several steps back on her second vault - also a Pod piked (which looked like the official second vault of this competition, a lot of the girls performed it). Nunes finished 4th.
A great final! Let's see bars.
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