A full twisting back tuck has been in code of points for almost 40 years. It is named after Soviet gymnast Albina Shishova and rated an F. S...
A full twisting back tuck has been in code of points for almost 40 years. It is named after Soviet gymnast Albina Shishova and rated an F.
See also: Meet The Originators: Full Twisting Back Tuck Acro Element On Balance Beam
However the gainer version of the element is not in the code of points. It was performed by 1988 Olympian Camelia Voinea of Romania at 1985 Riga International.
She performed it in combination, which is worth 0.2 connection bonus in the current CoP.
Full routine:
If the element were to be competed and submitted to the CoP nowadays, it will most likely receive the same rating as the original skill.
The code of points considers the original skill and the gainer version of it two different skills.
For example, Kochetkova (flic-flac with min. ¾ twist (270°) before hand support
is considered a different skill from its gainer version Khorkina.
They both have the same rating.
Russia's Svetlana Khorkina competed the piked version of it in 1995.
The code considers the tucked, piked, and layout step out versions of the back salto to be the same element.
Hence, had Voinea and Khorkina submitted their skills to the code, it will be considered the same element.
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