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The Thomas salto consists of a 1½ salto backward in a tucked or piked position with 1½ twists or a 1½ salto backward in a layout (straight) position with 1½ twists, landing in a forward roll on the floor. [2] The move and other skills ending with a roll on the floor are effectively banned.
The floor exercise (English abbreviation FX) is the event performed on the floor, in both women's and men's artistic gymnastics (WAG and MAG). The same floor is used for WAG FX and MAG FX, but rules and scoring differ; most obviously, a WAG FX routine is synchronised to a piece of recorded dance music , whereas MAG FX has no musical accompaniment .
Biles (or Biles On The Floor)—A double layout with a half twist. Simone first landed this token move at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 2013, according to Good Morning America .
Cheng is a vaulting and floor exercise specialist. She has had national success in gymnastics as a two-time Chinese National Floor Exercise Champion (2004–2005), a two-time Chinese National Vault medalist (2003 and 2005) and the 2004 Chinese National Balance Beam Champion. Internationally, she has been very successful as well.
Floor exercise: 13.5+ is a good score; 14.0+ could contend for an Olympic medal. ... At last year's world championships, ... Biles does the hardest gymnastics in the sport and still maintains some ...
Simone Biles has five gymnastics moves named after her — and for the first time, someone besides Biles nailed one of those moves at the Olympics.. Hillary Heron, a 20-year-old artistic gymnast ...
The English abbreviation for the event in gymnastics scoring is FX. In the past, the floor exercise event was executed on the bare floor or mats such as wrestling mats. The floor event now occurs on a carpeted 12m × 12m square, usually consisting of hard foam over a layer of plywood, which is supported by springs generally called a spring ...
Also known as "head kip", it is a move that consists of getting in a kneeling position (prone with knees in flexion, and head and knees contacting the floor) and going on the top of ones head. Thereafter, an individual creates force with their palms against the floor while simultaneously moving the elbows into extension.