Gymnastics Terms in Russian
Artistic gymnastics = Sportivnaya gimnastika
| all-around = mnogobor'ye | apparatus = snaryad | arabian front somersault = "tvist" (prizhok nazad s povorotom na 180° i sal'to vperyod) |
| back (adv.) = nazad | balance beam = brevno | |
| bars = brus'ya | cartwheel = "koleso" | clear hip circle to handstand = oborot v upore v stoiku na rukakh |
| dismount = soskok | double = dvoinoye, dvoinoy | |
| flic-flac (FF) = flyak | floor = pomost, podium | floor exercise = vol'niye uprazhneniya |
| forward roll = kuvyrok vperyod | front (adv.) = vperyod | full in-back out = "lunnoye sal'to" |
| giant = bol'shoy oborot | Ginger = sal'to Gingera (sal'to nazad s povorotom v vis -- nogi vmeste) | half in - half out = lunnoye sal'to (dvoinoe sal'to nazad s povorotom na 360°) |
| half-twist = pol-oborota, povorot na 180° | handspring = perevorot | handspring backward = perevorot nazad, flyak |
| handspring (front) = perevorot vperyod | handstand = stoika na rukakh | headstand = stoika na golove |
| Hecht = lyot/lyotom | high bar = perekladina | hoop (RSG) = obruch |
| iron cross (crucifix) = krest | kip = dvizheniye razgibom (on bars), polozheniye sognuvshis' (position) | L-support = "ugolok", upor uglom |
| layout (stretched) = prognuvshis' | piked = sognuvshis' | pommel horse = kon' |
| rings = kol'tsa | ||
| round-off = rondat | somersault (flip) = sal'to | split = shpagat |
| split leap = pryzhok v shpagate | spot (spotting) = strakhovka | springboard = mostik |
| triple = troinoye, troinoy | tucked = v gruppirovke | twist = oborot, piruet, vint, tvist |
| uneven bars = raznovysokiye (zhenskiye) brus'ya | V-support = visokiy ugol v upore | vault = (oporniy) pryzhok |
| walkover = medlenniy perevorot | ||
| Cheers and Phrases | ||
| Stoi! = Stand still! Halt! Stay! (Don't fall!) | Molodets! = Good job! Well done! | Derzhis'! = Hold (on)! |
| Davai! = Come on! | Vperyod! = Forward! | |
| You are my favorite gymnast! (to a female) = Vy moya samaya lyubimaya gimnastka! | ||
| You are my favorite gymnast! (to a male) = Vy moy samiy lyubimiy gimnast! | ||
| May I have your autograph? = Mozhno u vas vzyat' avtograf? | ||
| Please, sign this! = Podpishite pozhaluista! | ||
