At my gym the most frequently mentioned gymnasts are Tsukahara, Yurchenko and … Elise Ray. She has 3 skills named after her on Bars for cripes sake.
What an innovator!
Elise Ray on bars at the 2000 US Gymnastics Championships.
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This is one of the routines picked by numblemon from her Golden Age of Bars 1994-2000.
Click through to see why. Other routines shown as examples: Maloney, Bi, Chelsea Otto, Doni Thompson. Like Elise Ray, these are not routines often mentioned in 2009.
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