much ado about Double Arabian

The skill is named after Daiane dos Santos in the WAG Code. But Blythe Lawrence reckons the first to compete it was American Lisa Marzan in 2001.

Leave a comment if you can recall seeing it earlier than that.

Click PLAY or watch a Mostepanovafan montage on YouTube. (Dec. 2009)

I still love this skill in women’s gymnastics. But variations are getting over popular on the men’s side.

(via Gymnastics Examiner – An encyclopedia of Arabian double pikes)

3 comments ↓

#1 Evelyn on 11.26.10 at 8:36 am

Alicias second landing looks sore!

#2 Carmine barone on 01.10.12 at 8:20 pm

Lisa Marzan is the first to do it. They should rename it. Give credit where credit is do.

#3 coach Rick on 01.11.12 at 12:13 am

Do you have a video link, Carmine?

… as you know, FIG has all sorts of mistakes in the naming of skills. :(

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