New and interesting elements that were performed at the 1987 USSR Gymnastics Championships.
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Gymnasts shown are Shushunova, Pryakhina, Sarkisyan, Zadorozhny, Schepotchkin, Porplenko, Kharkov, Rodion, Martsinkiv and Tikhonkikh.
The first triple back in competition was not Liukin, but Yuri Porplenko, seen in that highlights reel.
He did it first at the USSR Cup in Jerevan, Armenia, April 1986.
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