A gymnastics move where the gymnast performs a forward somersault with a 180-degree twist while airborne.
The word comes from the name of Russian gymnast Dmitri Barani who performed and popularized this particular move in the early 20th century.
The barani is named after one gymnast, and sports naming this way preserves the history of athletic innovation—every time someone does a barani, they're honoring someone from 1911!
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