Gymnastics News: Ukrainian Gymnast Attempts Whip to Quad Twist

Recent footage has emerged on Oleg Verniaiev's Instagram account that shows a Ukrainian gymnast trying to perform a whip direct to a quadruple twist! That move is sure to be one of the most dangerous and crazy elements ever attempted on floor. This move makes the triple back tuck look like a junior gymnastics move.

The rundown is the gymnast is far from being able to fully execute that combination and could seriously hurt himself trying. The whip and entry are fine but when he goes for the quadruple twist he gets to three and a half and face palms. The quadruple twist has only been in the mens CoP for less than a year, which surely means it's not an easy move to rotate. To see a gymnast already attempting to add it in combination is crazy. The attempt kind of reminds me of when Tatiana Nabieva was attempting an Amanar vault and landed and then did an extra twist - the judges aren't fooled that easily.

In addition Oleg is seen attempting a whip to triple and half twist. He is much closer to nailing his jump but looks like he could hyperextend something in the process.

Gymnastics News! | Aly Raisman

After reading little things here and there and seeing pictures of a supposed comeback attempt by the three time olympic medalist, nothing is more convincing then seeing her tumbling. Aly Raisman posted a video of her tumbling on her instagram page - hopefully shot recently. There had been videos of her 'training' but nothing ever really showed her working out except for her trying to fix her poor toe-point. The video tells me that she is back and is definitely working on a comeback for a shot at Rio 2016.

The video shows her working on an arabian double piked. I will summarize what an arabian is now but will talk about that term extensively in a later post. An arabian is a half turn, the gymnast starts from a back entry and then takes the half turn and proceeds to forward twice. The most typical arabian being performed on the floor is an arabian double tuck, valued at an E. Gymnasts that are currently performing that particular skill are Aliya Mustafina and Maria Kharenkova.

The piked arabian is slightly more difficult, valued an F, and not that many gymnasts on the women's field are performing it. Part of the reason that there aren't that many people training it is because front moving saltos have difficult landings. If you see the video you will notice that she takes a very big step forward which would probably incur a three tenths, .3, in deductions.

Enjoy.

 Via GymnasticsCoaching