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The women's vault event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 25 July and 1 August 2021 at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre. [1] Unlike the other apparatus events, vault requires gymnasts to perform two exercises in order for results to count towards the vault final; most of the gymnasts perform only one (if they are participating in team or individual all-around) or none (if they are only ...
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 5 qualified gymnasts. A total of 95 quota places are allocated to women's artistic gymnastics. [3]The 12 teams that qualified were able to send 5 gymnasts in the team competition, for a total of 60 of the 95 quota places.
The vault is an artistic gymnastics event held at the Summer Olympics.The event was first held for men at the first modern Olympics in 1896. It was held again in 1904, but not in 1900, 1908, 1912, or 1920 when no apparatus events were awarded medals.
Gold medalist Simone Biles celebrates on the podium during the medal ceremony for the artistic gymnastics women's vault final on Day 8 of the Olympic Games at Bercy Arena on Aug. 3, 2024, in Paris.
Biles’ win makes her the second woman in Olympic history to win the vault twice, having claimed gold at the 2016 Summer Games in Rio. The victory also marks a triumphant return for the gymnast ...
PARIS – Simone Biles wasn’t leaving anything to chance in the Olympics vault final, ... With a degree of difficulty of 6.400, the highest in women’s gymnastics, Biles sometimes calls it her ...
For the women's pole vault event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by jumping the entry standard of 4.73 m (15 ft 6 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) or higher or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.
Andrade took to the runway after Biles knowing she would struggle to match Biles based on her vaults' start values. Still, Andrade stuck her first vault for a score of 15.100 and her second for a ...