GK
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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Which of the following athletes performs the Produnova in her sport?
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Deepa Karmakar
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Deepa Malik
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Saina Nehwal
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Sakshi Malik
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Karmakar is only the fifth woman in gymnastics history to land the Produnova vault, or the handspring double front.
Detailed explanation-2: -The list of successful Produnova vault performers carries only five names which includes Yelena Produnova herself being the first, Yamilet Peña from the Dominican Republic, Oksana Chusovitina from Uzbekistan, the Egyptian gymnast Fadwa Mahmoud and Dipa Karmakar from India.
Detailed explanation-3: -It currently ties for the highest D-score on this apparatus with the Biles vault. It is named after Yelena Produnova of Russia, who was the first woman to complete it successfully in 1999. Produnova’s coach, Leonid Arkayev, bet her that she could not perform the vault.
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