Iron cross (gymnastics)
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An iron cross, also known as a crucifix{{cite book
|pages=94–95
|title=Men's gymnastics
|last1=Fukushima
|first1=Sho
|last2=Russell
|first2=Wrio
|publisher=Faber & Faber
|date=1980
|isbn=0-571-11478-4
}} or cross,{{cite book
|page=76
|title=Gymnastics
|last1=Tatlow
|first1=Peter
|publisher=Lyric Books Limited
|date=1979
|isbn=0-07-0935351
}} is a gymnastics skill on the rings in which the body is suspended upright while the arms are extended laterally, forming the shape of the Christian cross. It is a move that requires significant shoulder and bicep tendon strength.
The International Gymnastics Federation Code of Points refers to the skill as a cross and lists it as a "B" difficulty value strength hold element.{{cite web |title=FIG - Discipline |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/pages/disciplines/ele-mag.php |website=www.gymnastics.sport |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique |access-date=18 March 2021}}{{cite book
|page=86
|title=2022 – 2024 Code of Points:Men's Artistic Gymnastics
|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_%202022-2024%20MAG%20CoP.pdf#page=89
|author=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
|publisher=FIG Executive Committee
|date=February 2020
}}
Variants
Variations of the iron cross listed in the FIG Code of Points include:
- L cross (B difficulty): the cross is performed with the body held in an L-sit position.
- V cross (C difficulty): the cross is performed with the body in a tight piked position and the legs held vertically.
- Inverted cross (C difficulty): the cross is performed in an inverted (upside down) position.
- Maltese cross or swallow (D difficulty): the gymnast holds his body parallel to the ground at ring height with arms extended laterally.
- Victorian cross or inverted swallow (E difficulty): an inverted Maltese cross, with the body held parallel to the ground and facing up.
See also
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