Of the trifecta of components of a modern day Gymnastics routine - Difficulty, Execution and Artistry - Artistry remains the least defined and most fretted over.

The sport may be called Artistic Gymnastics, but The Artistry Question - namely, how to reconcile it with Difficulty that everyone is packing into their exercises these days - has proven as challenging as the toughest elements in the Code of Points.

"The sport is called Artistic Gymnastics, and with reason," FIG President Bruno Grandi insisted in a recent interview.

"Risk must be limited at all costs. Everything depends on how an element is executed."

The open-ended code of points, however, has made it more rewarding for gymnasts to emphasise Difficulty, at the expense of Execution and Artistry, detractors moan, resulting in routines largely devoid of Artistic merit.

How to fix the problem? Enter Lyn Heward, a former Creative Director at Cirque du Soleil who has been charged with re-infusing the sport with the Artistry that made Gymnastics memorable in previous eras.

Heward, along with music expert Lasse Nettum (NOR) has been globetrotting from one World Championships to another since 2013, giving Artistry clinics to coaches and choreographers. Even with a system that rewards Difficulty disproportionately, Heward believes that it is possible to create routines of exceptional artistry.

In spite of the recent focus on difficulty, Heward believes Artistry can be attained with the current Code of Points. "We should see it as a unified performance, and that's hard to do. But the best people do do it," she says. "It's something you have to strive for.”

In the meantime, some coaches have come to terms with the subjective nature of Artistry. "Who is to say what art is good and what isn't?" wrote Tom Forster, a member of the U.S. National coaching staff, in a recent editorial published in International Gymnast Magazine. "There are equal fans of Picasso and Monet, and the two couldn't be more different."