Rio Olympics 2016: A look at the women who will compete with Dipa Karmakar at the vault finals

#4 Maria Paseka (Russia)

Maria Paseka certainly has the ability to grab a medal in the vaults

Paseka is the 2015 World and European Champion on vault and with a score of 15.049 she certainly looks like there might be the reason behind that. The bronze winner in the 2012 London Olympics was in her element at the qualifiers and it heartened both her judges and the viewers to see a return of her ‘crazy’ ways.

Distinguished by a flailing run, Paseka’s Cheng vault was followed by an Amanar. And it was an Amanar so good that it eclipsed the messy Cheng to result in an above-15 score. Going into the finals, Paseka will be looking to bring order into the positioning of her legs as she lands vaults which have more than one and a half front twists.