Iron Cross – World Record

The longest duration holding an iron cross position on Roman rings was 39.23 sec by Zak Kerkoulas (USA) at the Field House at Chelsea Piers in New York, New York, USA, on 27 August 2010. …

Guinness

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Better – but only 33 seconds – was the previous record holder Tyler Yamaguchi (2009).

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Somebody somewhere has held a Cross longer. Leave a comment if you know of that person.

Rings – Butterfly through Invert to handstand

Cool.

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That’s Stanford gymnast Josiah Eng.

Rings: PETROUNIAS, ZANETTI, ABLIAZIN

Clean execution was the key for reigning World Still Rings champion as he trumped 2012 Olympic champion Arthur Zanetti to deprive Brazil’s “Lord of the Rings” of a second gold after London. Petrounias, Zanetti and bronze medallist Denis Abliazin of Russia performed equally difficult routines, but Petrounias ended his flawless exercise with a stuck dismount.

FIG

1. PETROUNIAS Eleftherios GRE 16.000
2. ZANETTI Arthur BRA 15.766
3. ABLIAZIN Denis RUS 15.700

full results

Olympic Games Rio 2016: PETROUNIAS Eleftherios/GRE