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Korbut flip

Korbut flip noun: a backwards handspring from a standing position on the balance beam or the higher bar of the uneven bars, catching the bar on the way down.

Noun

Korbut flip (plural Korbut flips)

  1. A backwards handspring from a standing position on the balance beam or the higher bar of the uneven bars, catching the bar on the way down.
    • Muchina was a new gymnast and her work was new (whereas Comaneci was near perfect but could almost be called 'old hat") but does a Korbut flip with full twist, a long upstart full twist and a hecht back somi...1977, International Gymnast - Volume 19, page 46
    • One of the exceptional ten is fourteen-year-old Leslie Pyfer, whose most difficult trick at Springfield was a back flip on the beam with her legs held straight (which is quite a bit harder to do than the original Korbut flip).1978, Hal Straus, Gymnastics guide, page 10

Examples of Korbut flip in a sentence

  • In that routine, she showed off the first backward release move ever attempted on the uneven bars— a move so unusual and impressive that it became known as the Korbut Flip.2007, Adam B. Hofstetter, Olympic Gymnastics, →ISBN, page 14:
  • If you land with both feet on the strip, then Gunga Din to you . . . you've just done a version of the Korbut Flip . . . if you can't, you'll never be a gymnast.2012, John Philips, Who cares who’s 3rd?: (or 2nd for that matter), →ISBN, page 25:

Forms of Korbut flip

pluralKorbut flips

Origin of Korbut flip

Named for Olga Korbut, who introduced the move at the Munich games in 1972.

Questions about Korbut flip

What does Korbut flip mean?
Korbut flip means a backwards handspring from a standing position on the balance beam or the higher bar of the uneven bars, catching the bar on the way down.
How do you use Korbut flip in a sentence?
In that routine, she showed off the first backward release move ever attempted on the uneven bars— a move so unusual and impressive that it became known as the Korbut Flip.
What part of speech is Korbut flip?
Korbut flip is a noun.
What is the plural of Korbut flip?
The plural of Korbut flip is Korbut flips.

Words near Korbut flip in the dictionary

  1. Korbas
  2. Korbeek-Lo
  3. Korbel
  4. Korbels
  5. Korbin
  6. Korbut flip
  7. Korbut flips
  8. Korchagin
  9. Korczowa
  10. Korda
  11. kordax

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