A new element in gymnastics will be named in honor of the Ukrainian. VIDEO.
The International Gymnastics Federation named in honor of the Ukrainian athlete Igor Radivilov one of the five new elements.
Scheme of the new jump published on Federation site.
The Radivilov jump, an exercise invented by the Ukrainian, is a forward leap where, after taking off from the support bridge, the gymnast performs three rotations before landing on the ground.
The complexity of the element on a 10-point scale is 7 points.
In order for this new element to appear, Radivilov needs only to fulfill it at any time during the 2016 Olympiad in Rio.
Four more new elements will be named in honor of two German athletes, Turkish and Japanese gymnasts.
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