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IGOR CASSINI
Igor Cassina (born August 15, 1977 in Seregno, Province of Milan) is an Italian gymnast who
won gold in the men's horizontal bar at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This was the infamous competition in which
a low score for a routine by Alexei Nemov of Russia caused the crowd to protest
for fifteen minutes until the score was raised. Despite this atmosphere, Cassina performed his exercise without major
error, and there appeared to be a consensus that his victory over Paul Hamm of the U.S.
was deserved.
Igor Cassina had already entered the history of gymnastics before winning the Olympic gold. He was the first ever to
perform a giant Kovacs straight with 1/1 turn (also known as a Kölman in the straight position), which the
International Gymnastics Federation decided to name Cassina after him as from 2002.
For more information, visit his
profile page on the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique website.
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