A risk is a combination of a high throw, two or more spins underneath, and a catch.
There must be at least one risk in a gymnastic exercise.
The size of the throw is specified in the rules. It must be higher than twice the standing gymnast’s height. The throw can be made before or during the first spin. Rotations under a throw can be very different: around a vertical axis, such as chaine or a folk dance spin and pre-acrobatic elements (somersaults, flips, cartwheels, chest rolls, barrel rolls, helicopter walkovers).
The cost of risk depends on the number of spins and the complexity of their combination: using a series, changing the axis or level of spins. The conditions in which the gymnast throws and catches the object are also taken into consideration. Risks can be performed without visual control, without using hands, under the foot, during rotation.
Risk points can be increased in another way: for example, a hoop and a ball can be caught in a roll or bounce, a club can be caught in a hand already holding another club. The ability to freely combine different rotations and criteria gives a lot of room for creativity. It is thanks to the original risks that gymnasts are often remembered by the judges and the public.
That is how the Sky Grace-2022 tournament silver medalist Anastasia Salos, performs a risk in an exercise with a hoop - a throw in a straight plane, a rotation on one leg, a “fall” and a catch with her foot in a somersault back into the rotation.