She was was performing a Yurchemko vault , like Laschenova and Shinoda in the video clips above .
Julissa Gomez 's incident happened during the warm - up for the finals of the 1988 World Sports Fair in Tokyo , Japan .
Julissa Gomez was was performing a Yurchemko vault , like Laschenova and Shinoda in the video clips above .
Julissa Gomez 's incident happened during the warm - up for the finals of the 1988 World Sports Fair in Tokyo , Japan .