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The Thomas salto consists of a 1½ salto backward in a tucked or piked position with 1½ twists or a 1½ salto backward in a layout (straight) position with 1½ twists, landing in a forward roll on the floor. [2] The move and other skills ending with a roll on the floor are effectively banned.
The Pak, or Pak salto, is a release move performed on the uneven bars in women's artistic gymnastics.The move starts with the gymnast hanging on the high bar and facing the low bar, then swinging forwards towards the low bar and performing a straight backward salto to catch the low bar.
Chellsie Marie Memmel was born in West Allis, Wisconsin, to Andy and Jeanelle Memmel. Both of her parents were gymnastics coaches, and they encouraged her to play around in the gym and taught her basic skills. When she was eight years old, she started training with Jim Chudy at Salto Gymnastics. She began competing at the junior elite level in ...
A season after falling just short of a second-consecutive title by a 146.117-145.317 margin to Verona/Edgewood, Franklin/Muskego was back on top with a second team title in three seasons Friday.
By 2003, the tucked double back salto had become common in women's gymnastics. [4] The triple back salto exists in men's gymnastics but was rarely competed until 2017. [9] In 2019, American gymnast Simone Biles was the first woman to compete a back triple double: two saltos backwards with three twists in a tucked position. [10] [11]
The gymnast then performs a salto, which may range in difficulty from a simple single tuck to a triple twist layout. Different variations in the difficulty of the salto lead to higher D-scores. [2] This family of vaults is the most common type of vault in gymnastics and is named after Natalia Yurchenko, who first performed it in 1982. [1]
USA Gymnastics, the governing body for gymnastics in the United States, generally names the teams each summer after the National Championships, but gymnasts are sometimes added to or removed from the rosters based on their performance at training camps throughout the year. Thus, some gymnasts listed under a given year were on the national team ...
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