Yurchenko
Women's Artisticadvanced
Named after Soviet gymnast Natalia Yurchenko, this family of vaults starts with a round-off onto the springboard, then a back handspring onto the vault table, before the gymnast pushes off into a somersault — with or without twists — to land. The Yurchenko entry is the most common vault style in modern women's gymnastics.
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Vault
The apparatus and event where a gymnast sprints down a runway, springs off a board, and performs a skill over a padded table.
Round-off
A cartwheel-like skill that finishes with a quarter turn, landing on both feet facing back the way the gymnast came.
Amanar
A Yurchenko-style vault with two and a half twists, one of the highest-difficulty vaults in women's gymnastics.