THE KIMS: What are all the elements named after Nellie Kim in the code of points? Who actually performed them first and when/what competition? Did Nellie Kim ever perform them, and when did she perform them for the first time? When did she name them after herself?

This is our commission giveaway episode! We gave away a full commissioned episode to one randomly drawn Club Gym Nerd member, and the winner was Inga, who really came through and commissioned an episode on:

The Nellie of it all

• Who is Nellie Kim, and how did she become one of the most powerful people in gymnastics?
• Why does she have 7 skills named after herself in the Code of Points, and when did that happen?
• The badass revelation that was her vaulting in 1976
• Skill-by-skill:
  • We take each of the Kims in turn: which ones are totally legit (at least one! Potentially some!), which ones reflect the hustle of a winner, which are just the most brazen attention grabs, and which are just the silliest

The Playlist

Kim I Kim II Kim III Kim IV Kim V Kim VI Kim VII

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