The attached document comes directly from the FIG Men's Technical Committee. George Beckstead, USA Representative and Member of the FIG Men's Technical Committee has authorized me to post the material here. This material is reprinted from the August 2001 FIG Bulletin.

FIG-MTC 2001 Code of Points

Complete summary of May 15-19, 2001

F.I.G. Men's Technical Committee Update

The following interpretations were decided upon by the FIG Men's Technical Committee at their meeting in Costanta, Romania, May 15 -19, 2001. They are published in the FIG Bulletin, number 184, August 2001.

1. Article 24: B jury deduction: If the spotter touches the gymnast, the deduction is the same as touching the floor or apparatus, 0.1 or 0.2

2. New Skill Evaluations:

Floor Exercise

• 1 1/2 salto forward tucked with full twist = D

Pommel Horse

• Stockli A, continued with reverse Stockli without extra hand placement to handstand dismount = D

Parallel Bars

• Glide stoop to one bar (legs together), with hop and 3/4 turn or greater = D in Element Group IV.
• Back uprise to handstand, followed by Brandstrom, is considered as two elements - B and C, II-22, and I-38
• Full twist in handstand, Brandstrom style, = C, I-63, any kind of full twist has same value of C.

High Bar

• Endo straddle with 2/1 turns to El Grip = D, because more than one turn does not elevate the difficulty.
• German Giant turn to handstand = C
• German Giant hop to handstand = C
• From handstand, 1/1 turn to el-grip = C, without turn = B

3. Pommel Horse Connection:

The MTC kept the decision to connect elements at the earliest possibility, but when the possibility includes a full circle (which is the equivalent of two hand placements) even with some turning of the body during the circle, there is no possiblity of connection bonus.