What happened in 2000 Olympics gymnastics?
During the women’s gymnastics vault event at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, 18-year-old U.S. National Champion Elise Ray came inches from sustaining life-threatening injuries when she sprinted down the 25-meter runway, rocketed off the springboard but essentially missed the vault, barely grazing it with her fingertips …
Who won the 2000 Gymnastics Olympics?
Women’s events
| Games | Gold |
|---|---|
| Individual all-around | Simona Amânar Romania |
| Team all-around | Romania (ROU) Simona Amânar Loredana Boboc Andreea Isărescu Maria Olaru Claudia Presăcan Andreea Răducan |
| Balance beam | Liu Xuan China |
| Floor exercise | Elena Zamolodchikova Russia |
Who won all-around gymnastics in 2000?
Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women’s artistic individual all-around
| Women’s artistic individual all-around at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad | |
|---|---|
| Competitors | 97 from 43 nations |
| Medalists | |
| Simona Amânar Romania Maria Olaru Romania Liu Xuan China | |
| 2004 → |
Who won women’s gymnastics in 2000?
Women’s All Around Final
| Gymnast | UB | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AMANAR Simona | 9.512 |
| 2 | OLARU Maria | 9.600 |
| 3 | LIU Xuan | 9.725 |
| 4 | LOBAZNIOUK Ekaterina | 9.700 |
Why did the women’s gymnastics vault event get a do over at the 2000 Sydney Olympics?
Eighteen gymnasts blundered their way through a series of vaults in the women’s all-around that looked more like junior high stuff than the mark of true Olympians. Almost all of them figured it was nerves, jitters or pressure taking its toll. All the gymnasts were given the option of going over, but Khorkina declined.
Was the vault set too low at 2000 Olympics?
The vault was set 5 centimeters — 1.97 inches — too low. Suddenly, there were explanations for Khorkina’s crash-landing on her knees and American champion Elise Ray’s two awful vaults after a wretched warmup jump.
Why did Elise Ray step down?
A UW press release said Ray-Statz is stepping down because she and her family are moving closer to family. “It is with a wavy yet grateful heart, that I say goodbye to the incredible place that is the University of Washington,” Ray-Statz said in a statement.
How tall is Sunisa Lee?
5′ 0″
Sunisa Lee/Height