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Event
Balance beam
Skill type
Mount
Value
C
Known as
Ouch
About
We now enter a section in the code of points called “back ouchies.” It’s where you make your back go ouchie. And you could get a C for it! Or even D!
These mounts have never been exactly common because even most gymnasts don’t have a back that’s going to (or should?) do that, but these mounts have especially fallen out of favor in recent years following a rule change that said replacing your spine with a squid is now classified as a performance enhancing drug. It’s really quite difficult to perform this element without the aid of your spine being a literal squid with zero bones, so gymnasts have increasingly turned away from it.