Could’ve Been Named – Gymnastics Montage

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.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

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.