Simona Amanar of Romania approaches the vault at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. It sounds like an ancient civilization, or perhaps a villain from the Indiana Jones films, but the Amanar could hold the ...

LONDON – It is called the Amanar, named after Romania’s Simona Amanar, who at the 2000 Olympic Games became the first woman to successfully complete a 2 1/2-twisting Yurchenko vault in competition.

As you watch women's gymnastics competitions during the next week, you will hear the term "Amanar" many, many times. If you don't follow gymnastics all the time, you may have no idea what an Amanar is ...

Simone Biles's recent video made her fans nostalgic. In it, the 28-year-old gymnast is seen performing an Amanar vault from around 2012, which recently resurfaced on X. The Amanar vault, named after ...

Former Olympic champion Simona Amanar said on Friday that she is confident that Romania will be able to win a medal in artistic gymnastics at the Paris Olympic Games, through Sabrina Voinea, gold ...

A meeting with world gymnastics legend Nadia Comaneci was - and still can be - a life-changing moment, generations of young girls having been inspired by the athlete who 'defeated artificial ...

London It is called the Amanar, named after Romania’s Simona Amanar, who at the 2000 Olympic Games became the first woman to successfully complete a 21/2 twisting Yurchenko vault in competition. After ...

It sounds like an ancient civilization, or perhaps a villain from the Indiana Jones films, but the Amanar could hold the key to glory in the women’s gymnastics at the London Olympics. One of the most ...