From MostepanovaFan:
A montage showing some named skills from the Code of Points that were actually performed by other people earlier. Generally this happens when people never get to go to a world championships but occasionally the FIG like to remind us how dumb they can be and just name the skill after the wrong Romanian. Smooth.
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This is opening up a HUG discussion. (Hugging the athlete not credited.) And a HUGE discussion. Check the comments.
Fact is the “naming” of gymnastics skills has always been inconsistent and political. It often depended on who was on the Women’s Technical Committee at the time.
And why are some skills named after a male gymnast?
… blantonnick points out the only skill in the Men’s code named for a woman is Yurchenko.
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Little ‘syncronicity’ happening here…Sierra Sapunar credited in the 2.5 twisting layout forwards is now in the new Cirque du Soleil show Viva Elvis posted about two articles below!
Don’t worry Rick the Women’s side struck back, Yurchenko, I think, is the only woman credited with a skill in the Men’s Code:)
I know that this maybe is not the right thing….
I not complete sure about this but I remember that the rule say something that a skill will be name after a gymnast performed for first time, in a International competition with the participation of x amount of countries and a score minimum of 9.00 (before was change to the actual system), but it is the national federation the one that is responsible to petition the skill name after a gymnast performance….
The rule is not right at all, but the FIG doesn’t take any responsibility to name any skills…they blame to the national federations…
i never heard that you had to receive a certain score, just that you had to hit the skill. but yes, i do think that your coach is supposed to petition the skill to the judges to be named.
i agree it’s unfortunate that the skills aren’t always correctly attributed to the right gymnast, but i don’t think it’s political or has anything to do with the women’s technical committee members. if you’re at worlds or the olympics, and you compete the skill, it’s not like they can refuse to name it after you if you’re the first one to compete it. what is a little dissappointing are the gymnasts who don’t get to a worlds or olympics and were the ones who truely invented the skill.
Do certain skills really deserve a name? Can’t we just call a full in-full out a full in-full out? Saying a triple turn on beam is much more exciting than saying “Okino”
i think most of the time that is how it works. no one really uses the word somi, they say flip, or actually, tuck pike or layout to specify the skill. a “liukin” will be referred to as a triple back (at least as soon as people get over the shock that it’s being done again), and even the “patterson” is actually called an arabian double front (when done off beam). i think the names are only used when nothing else can. for example, what else would you call a shaposhnikova?
Seems Chuso got lucky quite a few times : )
Shaposhnikova – clear hip hecht on low to catch high?
Still, I like calling things by their names. I mean, isn’t that something some gymnasts enjoy – they fact that they have skills named after them? I know I’d have liked to have been to first to compete a Groshkova (I know it’s not named after her but it should be) – the double-in back out?
Naming of skills is what makes gymnastics like no other, and very special. Who was the first to “dunk” a basketball? Johnny Dunk?
Interesting debate indeed – and Canadians will always think of De Lasalle….
I would love it if they’d name these skills after the first person to compete it ANYWHERE.
But then, I’m biased in the matter.
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