Yelena shushunova thomas salto elena
Thomas salto banned...
Yelena shushunova thomas salto elena
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What happened to the gymnast that broke her neck?
Death. Mukhina died of apparent complications from quadriplegia on December 22, 2006 (aged 46).
How old was Julissa Gomez when she died?
18 years (1972–1991)
Julissa Gomez/Age at death
Why is the Mukhina flip banned?
In 1980, Soviet gymnast Elena Mukhina was attempting a Thomas salto when she broke her neck and became paralyzed.
The move has since been banned for both men and women in international competition.
Has anyone ever died while doing gymnastics?
The sport can be perilous even for those who feel confident. So did Julissa Gomez, of the U.S., after she slipped on a vault at the World Sports Fair in ’88.
And Melanie Coleman, a gymnast at Southern Connecticut State, was killed when she fell off the uneven bars in 2019.
Who was paralyzed in a gymnastics accident in 1987?
Yelena Shushunova, a Russian gymnast who executed the Thomas Salto in the 1987 European Gymnastics Championships Julissa