Random gymnastics questions

[ArnoldRimmer]

Chusovitina looked like she barely broke into a sweat doing those tumbles. What a feast of phenomenal acrobatics and incomplete dance elements.

 

[RichardL]

2002 was a dark year, and I blame it all on athletes struggling to learn D dance elements on floor. RIP Liz Tricase etc

 

[irichluck21]

That damn tuck jump double!!!!

 

[Lisaelaine80]

Which gymnasts have done “split leg” tumbles on floor? I can think of Tatiana Gutsu (double layout) and Michelle Campi (double pike). Any other examples?

Too many. It’s hideous. When I was 12, I thought it was a huge form break. Lolol

 

[flappergirl]

Too many. It’s hideous. When I was 12, I thought it was a huge form break. Lolol

I knew it wasn’t technically, but it sure did look as if it was

 

[Sasha]

Yeah, I've always found them ugly too.

 

[Hatsumomo]

Those and the split-leg toe-on elements on UB. It looks juvenile.

 

[Sasha]

Though neither are as bad as double tuck jumps, to be fair. Those were a true blight on the sport.

 

[MaryClare]

I suppose the thinking is that if you can do a single layout with split legs, why not a double. But to me they are just a novelty skill.

I did however like it when pavlova did a front layout step out of her front double twist on floor

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

I suppose the thinking is that if you can do a single layout with split legs, why not a double. But to me they are just a novelty skill.

I did however like it when pavlova did a front layout step out of her front double twist on floor

I adored that pass. It was such a throwback to all the stylistic tweaks on front tumbling in the mid 90s when everyone was trying to make theirs look a bit different.