Stag Ring

Ling Jie – 2000 Olympics Team Final

Event
Floor exercise

Skill type
Dance

Value
B

Known as
Stag ring
“Double stag”

About
The stag ring jump has a very close cousin called the double stag, and you will sometimes hear the two terms used interchangeably, but they are distinct elements from one another.

Both require bent stag position from both legs, but the stag ring requires back bend and head release, while the double stag does not. Helping things, the double stag does not actually exist any longer in the elite code of points, but you will see it in NCAA gymnastics.

Because gymnastics is a comedy, not a drama