How did the judging panel evaluate the gymnasts' body difficulty at the Hopes of Russia tournament? Evgeniya Vasyukova tells about it

Judge Evgeniya Vasyukova described how the team evaluating gymnasts' body difficulty worked at the Hopes of Russia tournament:

"The body difficulty panel evaluates jumps, turns, and balance. They also evaluate risks, such as high throws with rotational movements. Gymnasts can earn the highest scores for the body difficulty panel by executing difficult elements and by executing them well. Many perform difficult elements, but sometimes poorly, so they, unfortunately, cannot be counted. They can also earn points for the body difficulty panel by executing difficult risks. This is when a gymnast throws high with her legs, performs multiple rotational movements, and then catches them with her legs in a complex rotational movement. All of this results in bonus points. This allows gymnasts to earn quite high scores from the DB panel."

She highlighted some interesting developments in the gymnasts' routines:

"I'd like to point out that all the gymnasts have improved their artistic skills. They have very interesting ideas, compositions. They also strive to create interesting risks, interesting rotational movements, and also body challenges. Some do risks, make it difficult, and do it beautifully. And even though it's not highly valued in the International Federation rules, the gymnasts still do risks and still perform them beautifully and efficiently. And this, of course, adds originality to the composition and beautiful execution."

The Hopes of Russia tournament was held in Yekaterinburg on November 29 and 30.