Event
Balance beam

Skill type
Mount

Value
D
(upgraded from C in 2022)

Known as
Baitova mount

Named after
Svetlana Baitova (SOV) – 1987

About
Svetlana Baitova’s moving tribute to pommel horse was named after her at the 1987 World Championship in Rotterdam. It’s among those unique skills that a gymnast invented because it suited her particular abilities but is really the domain of just that gymnast. The Baitova has never caught on with the masses, despite the fact that the women’s technical committee upgraded it to a very useful D (0.4) in 2022 try to trick more WAG gymnasts into learning horse skills.

They all said NO THANK YOU.