Igor Radivilov

[6] At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Radivilov debuted a new vault in the event final–a handspring triple front somersault–which had the highest difficulty score of 7.0.

Although he sat it down on landing, his feet (not pelvis) did touch the ground first, and thus considered a successful attempt when a score was given, which also subsequently contributed to the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) in formally naming the skill after him, the Radivilov.

[7] The global COVID-19 pandemic caused numerous competitions to be cancelled or postponed, including the 2020 Olympic Games.

In October Radivilov returned to international competition at the Szombathely Challenge Cup where he finished second on rings and first on vault.

[8] Individually Radivilov placed first on vault, winning his first European title on the event, and third on rings behind İbrahim Çolak and Vinzenz Höck.

Radivilov competed at the 2021 European Championships where he defended his title on vault; additionally he placed sixth on rings.

He represented Ukraine at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan alongside Illia Kovtun, Petro Pakhnyuk, and Yevhen Yudenkov.

In October Radivilov competed at the 2023 World Championships alongside Nazar Chepurnyi, Illia Kovtun, Radomyr Stelmakh, and Oleg Verniaiev.

In late April of 2024 Radivilov competed at the European Championships alongside Nazar Chepurnyi, Illia Kovtun, Radomyr Stelmakh, and Oleg Verniaiev; together they qualified to the team final in first place and individually Radivilov qualified to the vault final.

Even though he was ruled to have legally completed the skill in competition and subsequently given naming credit for it, his attempt at it during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on the individual vault event did not go as smoothly as he would have liked.

His attempt at the mindbogglingly difficult handspring triple front tucked somersault on vault—now officially known as the Radivilov—assigned the highest difficulty of 7.0, ended with him appearing to have landed the skill on his back, almost received a zero score if that was the case, but since video reply did show him (barely) touch the mat with his feet first, he had thus completed a legal vault and was therefore given a score, albeit with a very low execution component due to his fall.

The FIG has determined that the risk of injury when training and/or competing the skill is just too great for them not to intervene officially.