Event
Floor exercise
Skill type
Acrobatic
Value
D
Known as
Front 2/1
Front double full
Named after
Svetlana Tarasevich (BLR) – 1994
About
Valued at D (0.4), the front 2/1 doesn’t get a ton of attention when it comes to elite routine composition because, for most gymnasts, it’s a much more troubling ask than the equally valued double tuck and double pike. It is, however, still used by some who (though physical necessity or preference) opt for front-tumbling heavy routines, as well as by those attempting to hoard major connection bonus through a complex combination-twisting pass.
In NCAA, however, the front 2/1 is somewhat controversially an E (0.5) element, making it a major favorite for many gymnasts to get a high-value tumbling element into their routines without having to twist a double salto and further break their aluminum-foil legs.
FUN WITH THE CODE: This skill is named after Svetlana Tarasevich, who got it named at the 1994 team worlds in Dortmund. Everyone lived happily ever after for a while until 2013, when the code decided to get weird with it and take away the front 2/1 and accidentally give her the back 2.5 instead, which is wrong. In the 2022 update, they restored the Tarasevich.