The handspring double salto forward tucked, known as a Produnova in

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and a Roche in

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, is a

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consisting of a front handspring onto the vaulting horse and two front somersaults in a tucked position off it.

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The first person to complete the vault was Cuban gymnast

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in 1980. 23 Roche vaults were performed during the

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. By 2010, male gymnasts have developed more difficult variations by performing it piked or with twists.

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Under the 2017–2020

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for WAG, the vault has a D-score of 6.4, and is considered one of the hardest vaults ever performed in women's

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. It currently ties for the highest D-score on this apparatus with the Biles vault. It is named after Yelena Produnova of

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, who was the first woman to complete it successfully in 1999. Produnova's coach, Leonid Arkayev, bet her that she could not perform the vault. The D-score of the Produnova has been slowly reduced over the quads from 7.1 (2009–2012) to 7.0 (2013–2016) and now 6.4 (2017–2020). The vault is dangerous because a gymnast could break her neck if she fell short of two twists. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Uzbek gymnast

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attempted the Produnova but fell. The vault is termed the "vault of death" due to its high level of difficulty and likelihood of injury. Asked why she did not perform the vault,

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stated, "I’m not trying to die."

Gymnasts who have successfully completed the Produnova

* (1999) * ( 2011) * (2014) * (2014 and 2016) *

References

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