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The Produnova is an artistic gymnastics vault consisting of a front handspring onto the vaulting horse and two front somersaults off. The vault has a 6.0 D-score under the 2022-2024 code of points, [ 32 ] and until the addition of Simone Biles's vaults , it was the hardest vault performed in women's artistic gymnastics.
It was removed from the Code of Points following several serious injuries, most notably the paralysis of Elena Mukhina in 1980. [3] As of the 2017–2020 Code, "3/2 salto elements with reception by and then spring from the hands are not permitted," [ 4 ] effectively banning the Thomas salto for all gymnasts.
A somersault (also flip, heli, and in gymnastics salto) is an acrobatic exercise in which a person's body rotates 360° around a horizontal axis with the feet passing over the head. [1] A somersault can be performed backwards, fowards or sideways and can be executed in the air or on the ground. When performed on the ground, it is typically ...
USA Gymnastics teased the move on X ahead of the Games. Bars is considered the weakest of Biles’ events in the sense that just one of her 38 Olympic and world championship medals have come on bars.
The U.S. Olympic Women’s Gymnastics Team has long been the hardest team in the world to make. ... Simone Biles, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles and Leanne Wong (alternate) pose after being selected ...
Acrobatic gymnastics is a competitive discipline of gymnastics where partnerships of gymnasts work together and perform routines consisting of acrobatic skills, dance and tumbling, set to music. There are three types of routines; a 'balance' routine (at FIG level 5 and above) where the focus is on strength, poise and flexibility; a 'dynamic ...
A wolf turn is a move on the balance beam in artistic gymnastics. In a squat position, the gymnast extends one foot on the beam, winds her arms and spins, returning to her original position. For balance, the gymnast's outstretched hands reduce her moment of inertia during the spin. [1]
The following gymnastics skills are banned by at least some gymnastics associations: Korbut flip [2] [3] Thomas salto [3] Roll-out [3] The following gymnastics skills have reduced score due to safety concerns: the Biles (BB dismount) [4] Yurchenko double pike [5]