Alexander Vasilyevich Tkachyov … born November 4, 1957 … was a Soviet/Russian gymnast …
… In 1977 Tkachev performed for the first time a gymnastics element on the Horizontal Bar, which was later named Tkachev …
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Uncle Tim feels that routine deserves more HITS on YouTube.
Story goes that Soviet biomechanists came up with the idea for that skill, not coaches. Leave a comment if you can confirm or disprove.







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Dmitry Bilozerchev told me that the reverse hecht was a compulsory dismount for juniors, Thachev decided to re-catch the bar.
Make sense.
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