Evaluation of the choices for the Russian 2012 Olympic gymnastics team.
Tag Archives: Famous Russian Gymnasts
Definition: Mustafina (with demonstration video)
Mustafina: An uneven bar dismount named after Aliya Mustifina of Russia. The skill is an uneven bar dismount – a tucked full-in half-out. That means it is a 1&1/2 twisting double open dismount (a double back in the open tuck position with 1&1/2 twists). Aliya Mustafina 2011 Uneven Bars Tyson American Cup (Bar Routine with […]
Olympic Gymnastics Gold Medalist Nikolai Andrianov Dies
Nikolai Andrianov (full name Nikolai Yefimovich Andrianov) was born October 14, 1952 and died on March 21, 2011. He was born and also died in the city of Vladimir in the Russian Federation.  He was a famous Soviet male gymnast who, between 1971 and 1980, won many international gymnastics competitions, including the Olympic Games, the Gymnastics […]
Definition: Korbut
Korbut: This is an uneven bar skill created by Russian gymnast Olga Korbut. It consists of a backwards flip from a stand on the high bar to a re-catch of the high bar. The rules no longer permit gymnasts to do either release moves or dismounts from a stand on the bars. Olga Korbut Uneven […]
Drawing of Gymnast Olga Mostepanova
Here’s a great drawing of gymnast Olga Mostepanova done by one of our favorite artists, Bobbie Cole. You can see more of Bobbie Cole’s great work here.
