The Produnova, named for the Russian gymnast Elena Produnova, is a front handspring onto the vault and a double front flip off. Here's Produnova doing it. (Skip ahead to 2:30.)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1MM6QeCRJI …
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Again: unbelievably difficult. The amount of power it requires is insane. But it is TECHNICALLY very simple. There are no twists or direction changes. It doesn't require any complicated technique or finesse. It's just pure power.
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So some naturally powerful gymnasts from countries that don't have elite gymnastics facilities or the best coaches went after the Produnova, because it is simple. Not easy, but simple. 19/
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And so you got incidents like this, where Yamilet Peña, a Dominican gymnast, attempted the Produnova and landed really badly. She wasn't hurt, but she easily could have been. (It's the second vault she does in this video. Skip to 2:15.)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkD22tBxReA …
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Now, there were competitions where Peña landed the Produnova better than that. But it was always terrifying to watch her, because it was so inconsistent and you never knew if she was going to land on her neck.
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I cannot emphasize this enough: THE BILES BEAM DISMOUNT IS NOT LIKE THIS.
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It is not technically simple. It is goddamn bonkers complicated. Two flips AND two twists off the end of a four-inch-wide beam. It requires impeccable technique, not just power.
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The idea that less prodigiously talented gymnasts would attempt it just for the difficulty value is frankly ridiculous. It's not comparable to the Produnova. It's just not.
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This is a really long and rambling thread and it probably would have been better if I'd plotted it out and edited it in advance, but I didn't. So I'll just try to wrap up.
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Takeaway 1: The open-ended code was specifically designed to reward a gymnast like Simone Biles, and so it's absurd not to.
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Takeaway 2: Gymnasts who can't do Simone's dismount safely aren't going to. It's not like the Produnova, which was attractive to gymnasts who were talented enough to learn many difficult but safer vaults, but didn't have the resources to train something technically complex.
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Takeaway 3: If you want to discourage gymnasts from chucking skills they can't do, then for god's sake lower their execution scores. Don't pretend a crazy-hard skill is easier than it is, thus punishing once-in-a-lifetime talents like Simone Biles who CAN do it. The end.
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