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I don't think he grabs and pulls - as Smallfurry says, that would be very difficult to do even if it was pre-empted - rather it looks as if her left hand shifter catches his forearm and it's that impact that brings her down. The slow-mo shows he has an open palm throughout the action, and he retracts his hand almost instantly too which would suggest and impact rather than an intentional grab. Even if he did have the accuracy, speed and strength to grab her bars and pull her toward him, I would have thought that would result in more of a prolonged hold than is shown, and she would have been dragged further into the barriers by him overcompensating the pull. Pure conjecture of course, and maybe it's just wishful thinking, but it doesn't look 100% intentional to me. Also a slow day at work, so I've probably spent far too much time thinking about it!