Gymnast Ilya Zaika's new move named after him
Russian gymnast Ilya Zaika performed a new element on rings at the FIG World Challenge Cup in Paris, which was officially recognized and named after him by World Gymnastics. The element, a lift from a head-down hang to a cross position, has a difficulty rating of 0.8 (Group H).
Consensus
- Ilya Zaika performed a new element on the rings at the FIG World Challenge Cup in Paris.
- The element was officially recognized by World Gymnastics and named 'Zaika'.
- The element has a difficulty rating of 0.8 and is in Group H.
- Zaika qualified for the final on rings with a score of 14.500.
- The element was executed as a lift from a head-down hang to a crossed position using straight arms.
- Zaika is the first athlete to successfully perform the element at an official international competition.
- The element's name is permanently linked to the athlete under gymnastics rules.
- Russian athletes competed in a neutral status at the event.
Points of divergence
- Ilya Zaika trained the element for about a year before performing it at the competition. — vm
- The organizers of the event previously removed sanctions on Russian athletes, but later restricted their national symbols. — vm
- Ilya Zaika is a three-time Russian champion in rings (2024, 2025, 2026) and a silver medalist at the 2023 European Championships. — fontanka
- The final on rings will be held on September 27. — kommerzant
- Ilya Zaika is a silver medalist at the 2026 European Championships. — vesti
- The official announcement about the element was made on September 26. — fontanka
Coverage (10 sources)
- «Element Zaika»: how Ilya Zaika forever entered gymnastics textbooks — Вечерняя Москва
- In honor of a Russian athlete, an apparatus in rhythmic gymnastics on rings was named. You can see it on a video from the Federation... — РИА Новости (Telegram)
- Russian Ilya Zayka became the author of a new named element in artistic gymnastics, reports the press service of the Gymnastics Federation of Russia — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Zakharova praised Russian gymnast Zayik for his named element on the rings — Вечерняя Москва
- New element in gymnastics named after Russian athlete — РИАМО
- New element in gymnastics got the name of a Russian athlete. See which one — Фонтанка
- Russian gymnast Ilya Zayka became the author of a new named element — Коммерсантъ
- Russian Ilya Zayka became the author of a new named element in artistic gymnastics, reports the press service of the Federation of Gymnastics... — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Russian gymnast Ilya Zayka performed a new element that has been named after him — Вести
- In honor of a Russian athlete, an element of artistic gymnastics on the rings was named. — РИА Новости (Telegram)
Key entities
- Ilya Zayka
- Russia
- Federation of Gymnastics
- Paris
- Telegram channel
- TASS
- RIA Novosti
- Maria Zakharov
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Moscow
- Evening Moscow
- Federations
- FIG World Challenge Cup
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