What she lacks in execution, Peña Abreu makes up for in difficulty. She is only the second woman to complete the Produnova—that’s a handspring double front vault—and the first to complete it in competition since its namesake Elena Produnova in 1999. With a difficulty score of 7.1, it’s far and away the most difficult vault. The Amanar, the second-highest vault being attempted at the Olympics, carries a difficulty score of 6.5. It’s highly risky. During the vault final at the 2011 World Championships, Peña Abreu landed on her back and received a score of 0.00.
Twenty Gymnasts to Watch in the Women’s All-Around and Event Finals
The Americans won the team competition, but there are still 15 individual medals up for grabs. Meet the favorites.
Yamilet Peña Abreu (Dominican Republic)
Full List
Gymnasts
- Viktoria Komova (Russia)
- Aly Raisman (USA)
- Gabrielle Douglas (USA)
- Aliya Mustafina (Russia)
- Deng Linlin (China)
- Vanessa Ferrari (Italy)
- Larisa Iordache (Romania)
- Huang Qiushuang (China)
- Sandra Izbasa (Romania)
- Catalina Ponor (Romania)
- Sui Lu (China)
- Beth Tweddle (Britain)
- He Kexin (China)
- Yao Jinnan (China)
- McKayla Maroney (USA)
- Oksana Chusovitina (Germany)
- Yamilet Peña Abreu (Dominican Republic)
- Jordyn Wieber (USA)
- Ksenia Afanasyeva (Russia)
- Lauren Mitchell (Australia)