GRD : Women : Russia : Elena Zamolodchikova

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Vault:

Tsuk-double twist (10.0), Yurchenko-double twist (9.9)

Uneven Bars

Gurova mount (ro-bh with a full twist over the LB to hang), glide kip cast to handstand, ½ turn, sole circle-jump to HB, kip cast to handstand ½ turn, giant, hop-full, Tkatchev, pak salto, glide kip cast to handstand, ½ turn, sole circle-jump to HB, kip cast to handstand, two giants, full-in or double-double dismount

Balance Beam

Gurova mount (ro-bh with full twist to catch the beam in front support), bh-lo-bh, full turn, wolf jump-ruvlova, switch leap to one foot, full twisting backhandspring, beat jump, full twisting wolf jump-korbut, ro-full in dismount (sometimes double tuck)

Floor Exercise

Elena has a large repetoire of tumbling passes and tends to change them around quite often Ro-bh-tucked double-double (or double layout, or front through to a full-in), front full stepout-ro-bh-triple twist (sometimes two front tumbling passes in here), switch side leap-Shushunova, straddle jump-full twisting backhandspring, ro-whip-double twist-punch front, ro-bh-full in (sometimes double pike)

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