Event
Floor exercise
Skill type
Acrobatic
Value
H
Known as
Tucked double double
Double double
Double-twisting double tuck
Silivas
Named after
Daniela Silivas (ROU) – 1988
About
Once upon a recently, the double double in tucked position was the premier sought-after OMG tumbling element on floor, the first pass for only the most powerful superballs bouncing around the floor. When those trailblazing crazies started performing it in the 1980s—culminating with Daniela Silivas at the 1988 Olympics—they were truly ahead of their time.
Fast forward to present, and the double double tucked has evolved into a near-requisite element for athletes hoping to make an event final on floor, where the ability to perform at least one H skill (or an equivalently valued combination) is the minimum entry requirement. Otherwise, get off this medal stand.
The H (0.8) value for the double double is controversial and probably not justifiable considering that the single-twisting double tuck is E (0.5) and the 1.5-twisting version is F (0.6). Progressing logically, the double twist would then be G (0.7), rather than H (0.8). There’s also a reasonable argument that the double double should really be the same value as the 1.5 twist because, even though the double double has more twisting, the forward landing of the 1.5 makes it more challenging. This argument is reinforced by the ubiquity of the double-twisting double compared to the scarcity of the 1.5.