Category: bars

spelling of Shaposhnikova

Both Shaposhnikova and Schaposchnikova are still to be found in the FIG WAG Code. Has nobody every edited the names in that document?

I often default to the translation used in Wikipedia where folks argue to some consensus.

Natalia Vitalyevna Shaposhnikova (Russian: Наталья Витальевна Шапошникова), (born June 24, 1961), married name Natalia Sout, was a Soviet gymnast, two-time Olympic Champion, Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR. She was born in Rostov on Don, …

On her club website the spelling is Natalia Shaposhnikova, as well. She coaches at Gymnastika in New Jersey.

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related – Elena Shushunova and Elena Schuschunova are both still used in the 2020 Code, as well. 😦

Are there others?

Laura Martinez (ESP) Pak pirouette

I can’t recall any other gymnast pulling this off in competition.

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Click PLAY or watch what she does when NOT landing in handstand on YouTube.

via Gymnastics – A Golden Era

inventing a new circus discipline

A cross between Bars and Trapeze. Kristina Vaculik, Olivia Vivian.

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NORAH FLATLEY – Bars dismount

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(via papa-liukin)

using spotting boxes for Bars

Spotting boxes can replace spotters. 🙂

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That’s from Al Fong’s post – Happy New Year!