Straight Jump 1.5 (Balance Beam)

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Event
Balance beam

Skill type
Dance

Known as
Straight jump 1.5
Stretched jump 1.5

About
While the 2017 code of points resurrected the straight jump full on beam as an option for athletes to try to perform from side position to get an extra tenth, it has not done the same for the exceptionally difficult 1.5 twisting straight jump. The issue with this skill was never that it wasn’t valued enough. Just that it’s super hard. You’d have to be insane or Kim Bui.

Value
D

Because gymnastics is a comedy, not a drama

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