The Cheng vault is one of the most difficult vaults in the code of points. It is often performed as the second vault for high profile vaulte...
The Cheng vault is one of the most difficult vaults in the code of points. It is often performed as the second vault for high profile vaulters.
Skill: Round-off flic-flac with ½ turn (180°) on – stretched salto fwd with 1½ twist (540°) off
Rating: 5.6
Named after: Cheng Fei of China
Event: Vault
Debut: 2005 Worlds
Cheng's Biography
Cheng is one of the most successful Chinese gymnasts. She dominated every single vault final at the World championships in the 2005-2008 quad.
She also led her team to win their first World title ever, which was in 2006, and their first Olympic title ever, which was in 2008.
Fei qualified in first place on vault and floor exercise at the 2008 Olympic Games. During the event finals, she fell on her very own vault (Cheng), but managed to take the bronze medal.
She had another fall in the floor final, leaving her in 7th place. The then 20 year old gymnast said that she cried about her failure to capture the two gold medals she wanted most until she could cry no more.
At the last event final at the Olympic Games, the Chinese gymnast won an unexpected bronze medal on the balance beam.
She took most of the 2009-2012 quad off. She retired in 2012 after failing to make the 2012 Olympic team due to injury.
It is worth mentioning that Cheng competed at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, where she finished fourth on floor exercise. She also competed the Amanar vault.
Fun fact: Gu Zheng was the first Chinese WAG to train the skill, as she was inspired by Li Xiaopeng's eponymous vault. Sadly she was injured leading up to Athens and never got the vault named after her https://t.co/YLK4EdX62q pic.twitter.com/WNkKM19ORl
— Shirai 3 (@yaojinnan) April 12, 2022
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