It was one of Alexa Al-Hameed’s first days on campus at Georgia, and the freshman gymnast had the opportunity to show her teammates her capabilities on bars.
Al-Hameed stepped up to begin her favorite routine, and Georgia assistant coach Jason Vonk simply said ‘watch this’ to Sabrina Vega and four other returners. Vega didn’t expect to be blown away, then experienced Al-Hameed’s release on uneven bars.
She spun around twice and relinquished grasp from the high bar and Al-Hameed began the Tkatchev, which is categorized as a “D” in difficulty on an A-E scale. It’s a quite-popular move that many other gymnasts have displayed, but this one was unique.