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A skill named after Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut, 1972 Munich Olympic champion, in which the gymnast stands atop the bar and performs a backward release salto to regrasp; the women's version was banned by the FIG in 1977 for safety.
A vault named after Uzbek gymnast Oksana Chusovitina, who is distinguished as the only gymnast to have competed at eight Olympic Games, from 1992 through 2021.
An uneven bars release move named after Russian gymnast Aliya Mustafina, a four-time Olympic medalist, involving a specific backward release and regrasp that was ratified in the FIG Code of Points during the 2010s.
An uneven bars release element named after British gymnast Becky Downie, a Tkatchev-family variant recognized in the FIG Code of Points following submission and ratification during her international senior career.
A high bar swing or release element named after Japanese gymnast Takashi Ono, a five-time Olympic medalist who dominated men's gymnastics at the 1956 and 1960 Games.
A floor tumbling skill named after Canadian gymnast Kyle Shewfelt, who originated the element and won the 2004 Athens Olympic floor exercise gold medal.
An uneven bars pirouette skill named after Russian-American gymnast Nastia Liukin, the 2008 Beijing Olympic all-around champion, distinguished by its specific hand placement or release characteristic during execution.
A floor exercise acrobatic element named after Soviet gymnast Yuri Markelov and recognized in the FIG Code of Points as a named skill with assigned difficulty value.
An uneven bars pirouette element named after American gymnast Amy Chow, who won silver on uneven bars at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, recognized in the FIG Code of Points for its specific handstand turn sequence.
An uneven bars release skill named after East German gymnast Erika Zuchold, a 1968 Olympic silver medalist who competed at the height of Soviet-bloc gymnastics dominance.
A release or transition skill on bars named after gymnast Piatti and codified in the FIG Code of Points for use in elite artistic gymnastics competition.
A high bar pirouette element named after Soviet gymnast Mikhail Voronin, who won the horizontal bar gold medal at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games.
A geyser in Russia's Far East named for the Sakhalin region, situated within an active geothermal area along the Pacific Ring of Fire.
