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Event
Balance beam
Skill type
Dance
Value
D
(upgraded from C to D in 2017)
Known as
Pike jump 1/1
Pike full
About
The pike jump full is one of those elements for which a one-tenth value upgrade did not prove enticing enough to trick gymnasts into trying to do it.
At D (0.4), it would be incredibly useful to include for difficulty score, but most elite gymnasts eschew full-twisting jumps of even the simplest shape on beam. The need to show a hip angle of 90 degrees or less in order to qualify as a piked shape makes this one an even more tenuous proposition.