a vault on the vaulting horse or vaulting table that starts with a front handspring off the gymnastics horse leading to two-and-a-half somersaults in the air, and then landing on their feet. (a three-point landing with the butt and feet is considered a fall)
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vault of death
Produnova vault
Origin
From Russian Продунова
From Yelena Produnova who in 1999 was the first to successfully perform this maneuver in competition
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