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Event
Floor exercise
Skill type
Acrobatic
Value
D
Known as
Double pike
Piked double back
About
The omnipresent double pike. It is the chosen final floor pass for gymnasts far and wide, at levels far and wide.
Despite the piked shape being, in general, more challenging than the tucked shape, the double pike and double tuck are both worth the same value (D – 0.4) and are listed in the same box and under the same skill number in the code of points. Gymnasts may still perform both in the same routine for credit because they require different body positions, but it is frowned upon in some quarters due to repetitiveness.