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Event
Balance beam
Skill type
Mount
Value
C
Known as
Press handstand to planche
Press handstand clear pike/V sit
About
A one-tenth upgrade on the regular press handstand mounts is awarded for not simply returning to the beam but lowering into some sort of strength hold position, like a planche or a V sit.
These are not common in modern gymnastics, just like all other beam skills that go to handstand or involve strength. (Because strong is what man do! Man strong rings. Woman pretty balance beam.) We did, however, see some of them in the 2006-2008 period when WAG gymnasts had to count 10 elements and were much more willing to put in a C element that wasn’t connected to anything just to get up to 10 somehow.