“The first use of the phrase “the vault of death” that I ever saw was in an article about Dipa Karmakar after she first did the Produnova.  I really thought the reporter was just blatantly lying when they wrote, ‘It’s called the vault of death.’ No one had ever called it that and for years, I thought that reporter was just a huge liar.  Now I think this is just an example of google translate getting things a bit wrong because when you translate “death defying vault” into hindi and back twice, you end up with the phrase, “Vault of death.””

Favorite skills: Produnova Dismount (1/∞)

handspring forward on with 1/4 - 1/2 turn (Tsukahara) - stretched salto backward with 2/1 turn off (Zamolodchikova) performed by Elena Zamolodchikova (RUS), Simona Amanar (ROM), and Ekaterina Lobaznyuk (RUS)

“ I want someone, it can be anyone, to land a Prudunova in my lifetime. You have about 65 years. If no one does, I'm gonna resurrect Chuso and have her win the 2084 Olympic vault title with a stuck Prudunova. “

“The produnova was never called "the vault of death." The phrase first appeared in an article about Dipa Karmakar most likely made up by the reporter who wrote said article! “