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Event
Floor exercise
Skill type
Dance
Value
D
(upgraded from C in 2013)
Known as
Split 1.5
Split jump 1.5
or, more accurately Split jump 1.14256
About
The split jump 1.5 is far more difficult to complete than the identically valued split leap 1.5, which is why it’s also far more rare. Most will hope that the momentum of leaping will help give them enough amplitude to get those 1.5 twists around in something resembling completion—a feat that is even more difficult when attempted from standing.
This element had been a C (0.3) on floor but was upgraded to D (0.4) in the 2013 code update. In the 2017 code update, it was given the same skill number as the straddle jump 1.5, meaning a gymnast cannot perform both in the same routine.