3/11/2023 0 Comments Vault gymnastics![]() ![]() Soon enough in 1896, the first men’s vault event was included in the Summer Olympic Games. The vaulting horses were set up with their long dimension set perpendicularly to the run for women and parallel for men. Due to a resemblance with the pommel horse, it was also regarded as the vaulting horse. The earlier version of the vault resembles the structure of a pommel horse without the handles. The vaults were invented by a German gymnastics educator named Friedrich Ludwig Jahn. ![]() Women’s categories include the same families with little changes in their range along with the Khorkina style vaults. The men’s categories include Direct Vaults, Vaults with 1/1 turn in the first flight phase, Handspring and Yamashita-style vaults, Tsukahara Vaults and Yurchenko Vaults. There are usually five different vault groups, also known as families. The run-up area has a length of 3,500 cm (115 feet) and a width of 100 centimetres (3.3 feet). In the men’s event, the vault is placed 135 centimetres (4.43 feet) above the ground surface whereas, in women’s event, the vault is placed 125 centimetres (4.10) above the ground. In official tournaments, the vaults have a length of 120 cm (3.9 feet) with a width of 90 centimetres (3.0 feet). The Yurchenko-type vaults are always performed with the aid of a safety collar which is placed around the springboard without which a vault is considered invalid and the gymnast will get a zero score. The surface provides support to the gymnasts to rest their arms and hands. The surface of the table is covered with pads and sponges and the vault is equipped with a spring inside it. The gymnastics vaults are placed over a slightly inclined metal table. They typically use handsprings to climb on the vault and after balancing on the vaults, land on the ground covered with a mat. The participants usually perform on the vault by running straight towards the springboard and spring directly onto it by using their hands and then lie down. Gymnasts are usually judged based on their projection, body alignment, repulsion, saltos and twists performed in the event. The gymnasts perform various stunts such as tucking, piking and stretching with the aid of vaults. The vaults are major equipment used in artistic gymnastics and are also regarded as a vaulting horse. Vault is an artistic gymnastics event as well as an apparatus used to perform various gymnastics skills and the action of performing a vault is known as vaulting.
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