15. November 2008  
Doha, Katar  
Artistic Gymnastics

2008 Asian Champs: North Korean RI, Se Gwang creates a new Jump ...!

RI, Se Gwang (PRK),
Worlds' Bronze medallist 2007

At the first competition day of the 4th Asian Gymnastics Championships 2008 started with a special "beat of a drum".
The bronze medallist at the 2007 World Championships on vault, the North Korean RI, Se Gwan, created as the very first gymnast of the world at the vaulting table "Pegases", a handspring double somersault piked, to ther first time with a half turn (!) (- the "Blanik" + 1/2 rotation),
With the picked version of this jump (- of the tucked "Rochè"), the Polish inventor of this difficulty, Leszek BLANIK, won the gold medal at the last years Worlds, but also at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

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