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Seven original elements yet to be performed in major international competition in Men's Gymnastics stand to be named after gymnasts at the 2017 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships.

If a gymnast who has submitted a skill to be named for him completes the new element without a major deduction during the competition in Montreal, the element willl bear the name of that gymnast in the men's FIG Code of Points.

The new skills were submitted by federations and evaluated prior to the start of the World Championships by the FIG Men's Technical Committee.

In order to have an element named in the men's Code of Points, a male gymnast must successfully perform a submitted skill at least once in World or Olympic competition, or at another registered FIG competition where a Men's Technical Committee member officially participates.

Here are the new elements under consideration:

The Kranzlmueller

Submitted by: Severin Kranzlmueller, AUT
Apparatus: Floor Exercise
Element description: Endo roll to Japanese handstand
Element value: C

The Kurbanov

Submitted by: Nariman Kurbanov, KAZ
Apparatus: Pommel Horse
Element description: Travel backward in cross support over both pommels
Element value: E

The Pham

Submitted by: Pham Phuoc Hung, VIE
Apparatus: Still Rings
Element description: Slow roll forward with straight body and arms through cross to swallow (two seconds).
Element value: E

The Nin Reyes

Submitted by: Audrys Nin Reyes, DOM
Apparatus: Vault
Element description: Roche with a 1/1 turn
Element value: 6.0

The Muntean

Submitted by: Andrei Vasile Muntean, ROU
Apparatus: Parallel Bars
Element description: Front uprise and straddle cut backward to hang
Element value: C

The Koudinov

Submitted by: Mikhail Koudinov, NZL
Apparatus: Horizontal Bar
Element description: Gaylord with a 1/1 turn
Element value: G

The Miyachi

Submitted by: Hidetaka Miyachi, JPN
Apparatus: Horizontal Bar
Element description: Kovacs stretched with 2/1 turn
Element value: I