Landings

E-Jury · from the E-score

A Prepared Landing

A correct landing is prepared. The gymnast has finished the rotation and opened the body before he touches down. A landing that only happens to end standing is not correct.

Dismounts, and the end of a floor exercise or a vault, finish standing with the legs together.

• Lack of extension in preparation for landing−0.1or−0.3

Faults in the flight phase of the salto are also deducted. These deductions are in addition to the landing deductions.

Code 9.2.16, p. 20 · Code 8.3.4, p. 17 · Code 9.4, p. 22

E-Jury · from the E-score

Feet Apart

After any salto, the feet may land up to 10 cm apart for safety. This is enough to bring the heels together. The gymnast closes the feet by lifting only the heels. The front of each foot stays where it landed.

• Up to 10 cm, closed by lifting the heels onlyNone
• Up to 10 cm or under shoulder width, and a foot is picked up to close them — or they are not closed by the heels−0.1
• Wider than the shoulders, and a foot is picked up to close them — or they are not closed at all−0.3

If the feet land more than 10 cm apart, the 0.1 or 0.3 is taken even if the heels are then brought together. The arms stay controlled the whole time, with no unnecessary swings.

Code 9.2.17, p. 20 · Code 9.4, p. 21

E-Jury · from the E-score

Steps and Hops

• Unsteadiness, a small adjustment of the feet, or excessive arm swings−0.1
• Small step or small hop — up to one foot length−0.1each
• Large step or large hop — more than one foot length−0.3each
• Touching the mat with one or both hands−0.3

Together, the deductions for all the steps and hops on one landing are at most 1.0.

Code 9.2.18, p. 20 · Code 9.4, p. 21

E-Jury · from the E-score

Low Landing

• Hips below the knees−0.5

Code 9.2.19, p. 20 · Code 9.4, p. 21

E-Jury · from the E-score

Falls

• Fall, or support on one or both hands−1.0
• Fall without the feet touching the mat first−1.0NR

With a fall, the deductions for every step, touch or support before it, the low landing and the fall are at most 1.0 together.

All other deductions for the element are still taken: lack of preparation, feet apart, height, extension, an incomplete twist.

If a gymnast ends the exercise without a dismount and lands on his feet on purpose, this is not a fall.

On vault, a fall without the feet touching the mat first makes the vault invalid (0.00).

Code 9.2.3, p. 18 · Code 9.2.4, p. 18 · Code 9.4, p. 21 · Code 13.2.2, p. 82 · NL3, p. 2

D-Jury · into the D-score

Stick Bonus

Given for a dismount valued C or higher, and for any vault with a salto. Never given on pommel horse.

• Stuck — no step and no hop, and the heels and toes do not rise to keep the balance+0.1
• Heels or toes rise to keep the balanceNo bonus

Other deductions, such as legs apart, arm swings or lack of preparation, do not cancel it. The E-Jury deducts those as usual.

On floor and vault it can be awarded together with a line deduction.

Code 7.2.9, p. 15 · Code 5.4.1, p. 12 · NL3, p. 2 · NL4, p. 2

D1 · from the Final Score

Landing Outside the Line

At a floor dismount or a vault. The line judge reports it, and D1 deducts it from the Final Score.

• Lands with the feet apart and one foot out, then has both feet out after closing them−0.3

NL4, p. 2 · Code 5.4.1, p. 12 · Code 5.5.1, p. 13