who invented the Tkachev?

Why Alexandre Tkatchev, of course.

The story goes – true or not – that biomechanists dreamed up the “reverse hecht”, not coaches. And that Alexandre was the first to show it in competition in 1977.

Here he is in the Olympics Games 1980. (Deltchev from Bulgaria won Horizontal Bar.) Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Tkatchev is a coach at West Valley Gymnastics in California.

Deltchev owns Deltchev Gymnastics in Nevada.

Leave a comment if you know more of the history of Tkachev.

What woman competed it first internationally?

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