The gymnast should do this from standing, or with several steps. Male gymnasts also perform the Yurchenko. The Yurchenko vault is a modification of several skills. This means that before the gymnast starts learning the Yurchenko vault, they should already have the correct technique for these skills. Biles shared a video Thursday on Twitter of her performing an impressive vault move no female gymnast has done in competition. The first aim was to identify the key temporal and spatial biomechanical variables of the Yurchenko vault from the deterministic model in relation to judges’ score. While the Yurchenko approach is standard for both men and women, women normally add twists into a single flip, or salto. Chronologically the first skill is round off. The Yurchenko vault was first pioneered in 1982 by Natialie Yurchenko and has since become the most widely used vault entry for women. Secondly, to identify differences between international and national level gymnasts of temporal and spatial biomechanical variables identified in the deterministic model. She was a primary innovator on three of the events: the most common of vault families now, the round off entry or “Yurchenko” vault; “Tkatchev immediate Deltchev” on bars (first to connect releases like that – and it’s still rare today); and on balance beam, the “Yurchenko” loop (back handspring sideways to hip circle). She won the 1985 vault title with a full-twisting Yurchenko and a 1½, doing the same at the next worlds in 1987. S ix months ahead of the 2020 Olympics, Simone Biles is focusing on some new vault moves.. The vault didn’t entirely catch on, though–none of the medalists competed one at 1983 Worlds or the 1984 Olympics–until Elena Shushunova of the Soviet Union. These are round off, back handspring, and salto backwards. In 1982, when she brought the Yurchenko vault onto the world stage, she had already graduated to much more difficulty. First, despite this particular vault being named after Natalia Yurchenko in the code of points, as far as I can tell she never actually competed it in a major competition.