Amanar
The Amânar or Shewfelt is an artistic gymnastics vault. The vault was named after the first gymnast to perform it at a World Championships or Olympic Games; Simona Amanar at the 2000 Olympics for women, and Kyle Shewfelt at the 2000 Olympics for men.[1] The vault belongs to the Yurchenko family, and contains two and a half twists in the backward salto.
The vault remains one of the hardest vaults performed by women. Since 2010, and the end of the traditional 10.0 scoring system in 2005, the vault had a 6.5 difficulty score, 0.7 higher than the much more common double-twisting Yurchenko.[2] In the 2013 Code Of Points, this vault is downgraded from a difficulty score of 6.5 to 6.3.[3]
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Women who have completed the Amanar
As of July 2015, the following have completed Amanars in competition.
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Men completing the Shewfelt
The first male to perform a 2.5-twisting Yurchenko was Kyle Shewfelt. He completed the vault in 1999 and, based on his performance at the 2000 Olympics, received naming credit for the Men's artistic gymnastics vault.[citation needed]
As of 2010 and since 2005, the Shewfelt corresponded to a 6.6 D score,[20] and was a common vault for top international males who were not vault specialists. However, since 2004, men's vault evolved to higher difficulty, such that major-competition event finalists typically perform 7.0 vaults that are more difficult than the Shewfelt.
The 2009-2011 World and 2012 Olympic All-Around Champion, Kōhei Uchimura, competed the Shewfelt.[citation needed]
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Points downgrading for incompletes
In modern gymnastics scoring, incomplete twisting results in a downgrade of difficulty rather than an execution deduction. Attempted Amanars with less than 2.5 credited twists are considered double-twisting Yurchenkos and thus downgraded by 0.7.
At the 2010 World Championships, Russian Nabieva's Amanar was downgraded in event finals (but credited in team finals and prelims) for incomplete twisting. The Russian team protested unsuccessfully. Controversy associated with the downgrade (and two other Russian vault downgrades) was reflected in Russian media and was covered in Western sources as well.[21]
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ Performed vault while age-ineligible for meet, 2004 Olympics.
- References
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External links
- Video of textbook Amanar: see last half for slow motion.
