About Janice
Expert Analysis
Clarissa Richardson | Prep Gymnastics Scout
Janice Ryou is a polished all-around gymnast whose combination of clean execution, elegant presentation, and developing difficulty makes her a rising recruit to watch. She competes a pike Tsukahara on vault and is training a Yurchenko layout, giving her multiple vault options as she progresses. On bars, Ryou showcases strong composition with a giant 1/2 to Pak salto, 1/2 pirouette, and double tuck dismount, while training additional upgrades including a toe handstand, full pirouette, and Maloney. Beam highlights her graceful lines and flexibility with a back handspring-layout stepout series, impressive 180-degree leap positions, and a roundoff to tucked full-twisting dismount. Her floor routine combines precise execution and expressive choreography, featuring a front full to front tuck connection and a full twist, with exciting upgrades in the works such as a double pike, double tuck, Rudi, and front full to front pike. With strong fundamentals and high-level skills progressing across every event, Ryou is an athlete whose ceiling continues to rise.
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