Hey, this is cool (olympics, YES)

[Jalapeñomel]

Very cool! and I can open it

[Jalapeñomel]

Toledo, question for you regarding the vault. The apparatus used to be smaller, yes?

[rupertpenny]

That is cool!

Shannon Miller is totally unrecognizable. When I saw her in the stands the other day I actually though it was Nadia Comaneci until the announcer said who it was.

[firedancer49]

Thats neat!

[Daria Morgandorffer]

Wow. I just watched it on youtube. Crazy!

[Jalapeñomel]

Aug 3, 2012 15:52:02 GMT -5 toledo said:

Aug 3, 2012 15:40:13 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Toledo, question for you regarding the vault. The apparatus used to be smaller, yes?

I don't know, actually.

I watched a video of Olga Korbut on uneven bars, though, and they used to be crazy close together. So it's likely others have changed as well, as the performances get more and more crazy athletic.

I just found an article that said it was slimmer, and they made it the platform-like apparatus for safety. gymnastics.about.com/od/gymnasticsapparatus/p/watchingvault.htm

Very fascinating.

[pantsparty]

Aug 3, 2012 15:40:15 GMT -5 rupertpenny said:

Shannon Miller is totally unrecognizable. When I saw her in the stands the other day I actually though it was Nadia Comaneci until the announcer said who it was.

I have no idea why she got a nose job. Her nose was fine!

[gretchenindisguise]

Very neat!

And yes - Shannon Miller looks so much cuter with darker hair. It suits her.

[cahabalily]

Yeah, when I took gymnastics the vault was the same depth as a pommel horse, but without the handles. It was a small target, especially for tumbling approaches.