Shallon Olsen
The 16-year-old Canadian is an expert at the Rudi-Amanar succession of vaults – something she did with aplomb at the qualifying rounds, getting a total of 14.950.
A vertical growth spurt that led Olsen to grow taller by seven inches in the last two years has forced her to re-adjust all her gymnastics skills. However, at her very first Olympics, Olsen has proven to be a master of the Amanar and is the first Canadian artistic gymnast to successfully stick it at the Olympics.
She will likely attempt the Amanar followed by the Rudi at the finals, which means that unless her execution suffers, she will come very close to a perfect score.
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