It is a way of achieving immortality in Gymnastics: the gymnast who has an original element named after them in the Code of Points assures that his or her name will live on in the sport, years after they have taken their final bows on the international stage.
At year-end, the FIG Technical Committees approved eleven new elements – six in Men’s and five in Women’s Artistic Gymnastics …
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It is a way of achieving immortality in Gymnastics: until Nelly Kim removes your name from the Code unexplicably and names the skill after herself.
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Haha, yeah it is quite disrespectful when the FIG remove names or skills from the code.
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