Sentence examples for on her vault from inspiring English sources
And though Douglas fell off the beam in the final rotation, she was already safely into the second spot because Raisman had been uncharacteristically inconsistent throughout the afternoon, bouncing out of bounds on floor, falling from bars, and taking a huge step on her vault.
Biles's toe-crossing on her vault may seem minor, but it's a tic no less notable than Michael Jordan sticking his tongue out on his jump shot, except that it actually affects competitions — she loses a tenth of a point each time.
Whelan suffered a massive disappointment at last year's Olympic women's all-around final when she fell to her knees on her vault landing, scoring zero and subsequently finishing last in the event.
Maroney was put on the team solely for her vault skills (she did not compete in any other apparatus at the Olympics), and she certainly delivered.
On her second vault, an easier vault, she did the unthinkable and landed off-balance, falling onto her behind.
But on her second vault, a much easier one, her hands did not land on the vaulting table soundly, which meant that she could not propel herself high enough to complete her twist and flip.
In the vault final, Sacramone placed fourth behind Hong Un Jong, Oksana Chusovitina and Cheng Fei (somewhat controversially, since Cheng fell on her second vault).
On her first vault, she received a 9.4 because of a big step on the landing.
She stuck her landing on her second vault despite an injured ankle to secure the team gold medal.
She clinched the gold medal for the Americans when she was able to stick the landing on her second vault after severely spraining her ankle in the previous attempt.
But believing she needed a 9.6 on her final vault for her American team to win the all-around gold medal, Strug pulled out one of the great clutch performances in the history of sport: On a freshly sprained left ankle, she stuck her final vault, essentially landing it on one foot, for a score of 9.712.
