Produnova

The Produnova is an artistic gymnastics vault. The vault consists of a front handspring and two front sommersaults. The vault currently has a 7.0 D-score, and is one of the hardest vaults being done today in Women's Artistic Gymnastics.

Gymnasts who have successfully completed the Produnova

• Yelena Produnova (RUS)
• Yamilet Peña (DOM)
• Dipa Karmakar (IND)
• Fadwa Mahmoud (EGY)
• Oksana Chusovitina (UZB)

Gymnasts who have attempted the Produnova

• Choe Jong Sil - 1980 Olympics, landed on her back
• Yekaterina Tsvetkova - 2012 Voronin Cup, landed on her back

Controversy

Controversy sparked after Fadwa Mahmound's first competitive Produnova attempt where she nearly landed on her neck. As long as the gymnast lands on her feet first, she will get credit for the vault. Because of the Produnova's massive D-score it is easy to get a high score on the vault. This leads many gymnasts in countries that lack funding for gymnastics to attempt the vault in order to increase their chances of medaling and therefore increasing their funding. Some people want the Produnova vault to be banned because of how dangerous it is.

External Links

• The First Attempted Produnova
• Video of Yelena Produnova competing her vault
• Yekaterina Tsvetkova's failed attempt