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- Salto
- A somersault.
- Score protest
- A written complaint, submitted by the gymnast or their coaches or federation, to request reconsideration and possible revision of scores felt to be incorrect or unfair. Under FIG rules, protests must be filed immediately after the original score is reported, and before the end of the competition.
- Senior
- A world-class/elite gymnast who is at least 16, or will be turning 16, within the calendar year.
- Somersault
- A gymnastics maneuver in which a person rotates around the somersault axis, moving the feet over the head.
- Specialist
- A gymnast who is especially strong on one or two events. A specialist often competes only on his or her specific events.
- Springboard
- Gymnastics equipment required on vault, and used as an optional aid for mounts on parallel bars, balance beam and uneven bars.
- SR
- The scoring abbreviation for the still rings.
- Start value
- Under the pre-2006 Code of Points, the maximum score a gymnast could receive for a routine, after taking into consideration all bonus skills, combinations and fulfillment of required elements. The score was determined by subtracting deductions from the start value.
- Stick
- (v.) to land an acrobatic skill, jump or dismount perfectly, without any steps, stumbles or errors.
- Still Rings
- A gymnastics apparatus used by men in artistic gymnastics. It consists of two swinging hollow rings suspended by a frame.
- Straddle
- A sitting position with the legs wide. It can also be performed at height.
- Stuck landing
- A perfect landing, without any steps, stumbles or errors.
- SV
- Abbreviation for start value.
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