Differences between vaults during the qualification C.1 Aarhus 2006 - 39th Men's & 30th Women's artistic gymnastics World Championships.
The main objective of the study is to determine differences between male and female gymnasts in 4 mechanical variables during the qualification C.1 Aarhus (Denmark) 2006 in Artistic Gymnastics World Championships. On a sample of 449 gymnasts (44 MAG vault and 34 WAG vault) only 13 vaults are performed the same by men and women. During World Championship Qualification in Debrecen 2002 and Aarhus 2006 we found that only 14 men and women together performed first phases of the vaults the same. By analyzing the WCQ 2002 and WCQ 2006 only 20 male gymnasts executed second flight phases of the vaults the same. The results in 4 mechanical variables acquired from the vault elements performed by both male and female gymnasts are extremely high. Vault is the most studied biomechanical gymnastics apparatus because it is the only one during which gymnasts make only one skill (Sands et. al., 2003).