Editing Vault (gymnastics) (section)

==Injuries==

The horse has been blamed for several serious accidents over the years. In 1988, American [[Julissa Gomez]] was paralyzed in a vaulting accident; she died from complications from her injuries three years later.<ref>Rebecca Seal, [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,6903,1654132,00.html "Tales from the vaults"], ''Guardian Unlimited'' December 4, 2005</ref> During warmups at the 1998 [[Goodwill Games]], Chinese gymnast [[Sang Lan]] fell and suffered [[paralysis]] from a [[Cervical vertebrae|cervical-spine]] injury.<ref>[http://www.china.org.cn/english/MATERIAL/73748.htm "Smiling Sang Lan"] Xinhua News Agency, August 29, 2003</ref> In a series of crashes when the horse's height was set too low at the 2000 Olympics, gymnasts either rammed into the horse's front end, or had bad landings after having problems with their hand placements during push-off.<ref>[https://static.espn.go.com/oly/summer00/news/2000/0924/773871.html "Vault mixup could have cost gymnast medal"], ''ESPN'', September 28, 2000</ref>

In 2007, Dutch junior gymnast [[Imke Glas]] was seriously injured after a fall on a vault.<ref>{{cite web |title=EenVandaag: Het wonder Imke Glas |url= http://www.eenvandaag.nl/binnenland/33698/het_wonder_imke_glas |date=2008-07-08 |access-date=2009-10-04 |language=nl}}</ref>

A 2021 study suggested that landing scoring criteria for vault in women's gymnastics increased the risk of injury compared to the criteria in men's gymnastics.<ref name=Straker>{{cite journal |last1=Straker |first1=Rebecca |last2=Exell |first2=Timothy A. |last3=Farana |first3=Roman |last4=Hamill |first4=Joseph |last5=Irwin |first5=Gareth |title=Biomechanical responses to landing strategies of female artistic gymnasts |journal=European Journal of Sport Science |date=2021 |volume=22 |issue=11 |pages=1678–1685 |doi=10.1080/17461391.2021.1976842|pmid=34570691 |s2cid=238204536 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Both this study and an earlier one from 2015 recommended allowing more flexion at the knees during landing to reduce impact-related injuries.<ref name=Straker/><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Slater |first1=Allana |last2=Campbell |first2=Amity |last3=Smith |first3=Anne |last4=Straker |first4=Leon |title=Greater lower limb flexion in gymnastic landings is associated with reduced landing force: a repeated measures study |journal=Sports Biomechanics |date=2015 |volume=14 |issue=1 |pages=45–56 |doi=10.1080/14763141.2015.1029514|pmid=25895434 |s2cid=11858682 }}</ref>