Silivas (gymnastics)
The Silivas is a move on the floor exercise in artistic gymnastics. The gymnast completes two somersaults and two twists mid-air. This movement is also described as a double double. The skill is named after Romanian Olympic Champion Daniela Silivaș.
It remains one of the hardest skills to perform on floor as it is an H-rated skill in the 2013–2016 Code of Points. It is performed in the tuck position.
Silivas in the layout position
At the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, Canadian gymnast Victoria Moors became the first gymnast to successfully compete the double twisting double somersault in the laid-out position. The move is officially known as a "Moors" and is an I-rated skill, the hardest skill in the 2013–2016 Code of Points.
Gymnasts who have completed the Silivas
As of May 2016, this is a list of the gymnasts who have successfully completed the Silivas.
Daniela Silivaș (ROU) Simone Biles (USA) Svetlana Boginskaya (USSR) Alexis Brion (USA) Jade Carey (USA) Stephanie Carter (USA) Cheng Fei (CHN) Chen Cuiting (CHN) Ellie Downie (GBR) Erika Fasana (ITA) Vanessa Ferrari (ITA) Aleah Finnegan (USA) Anastasia Grishina (RUS) Tatiana Groshkova (USSR) Morgan Hurd (USA) Larisa Iordache (ROU) Shawn Johnson (USA) Risa Konishi (JPN) Sunisa Lee (USA) Tyesha Mattis (GBR) Grace McCallum (USA) Sae Miyakawa (JPN) Victoria Moors (CAN) Alexa Moreno (MEX) Mai Murakami (JPN) Maggie Nichols (USA) Samantha Peszek (USA) Aleftina Priakhina (USSR) Elizabeth Price (USA) Lexie Priessman (USA) Natsumi Sasada (JPN) Giulia Steingruber (SUI) Amy Tinkler (GBR) Wang Yan (CHN) Jordyn Wieber (USA) Elena Zamolodchikova (RUS)