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2. Mat (gymnastics) - Wikipedia

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   These mats are thin and soft, usually white or red, to distinguish them from the other mats and floor exercise area. They are used on the floor exercise to lessen the "sting," or impact, of tumbling run landings and for dismounts on the beam or floor. Sting mats are routinely used in training but rarely permitted in competition.

3. Sprung floor - Wikipedia

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   The Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park features a sprung floor. A sprung floor is a floor that absorbs shocks, giving it a softer feel. Such floors are considered the best kind for dance and indoor sports and physical education, [1] and can enhance performance and greatly reduce injuries. Modern sprung floors are supported by foam backing or ...

4. Donald Wallace Gordon - Wikipedia

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   Donald Wallace (Wally) Gordon (4 February 1932 – 11 April 2016) was an American gymnast and inventor who is notable for inventing the first landing mats, incline mats, octagons and all the other foam shapes that currently fill gymnastic schools. [1]

5. Flooring - Wikipedia

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   Flooring is the general term for a permanent covering of a floor, or for the work of installing such a floor covering. Floor covering is a term to generically describe any finish material applied over a floor structure to provide a walking surface. Both terms are used interchangeably but floor covering refers more to loose-laid materials.

6. Floor (gymnastics) - Wikipedia

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   The floor exercise (English abbreviation FX) is the event performed on the floor, in both women's and men's artistic gymnastics (WAG and MAG). The same floor is used for WAG FX and MAG FX, but rules and scoring differ; most obviously, a WAG FX routine is synchronised to a piece of recorded dance music , whereas MAG FX has no musical accompaniment .

7. List of violent spectator incidents in sports - Wikipedia

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   Officials agreed with Barry and ordered the Celtics back onto the floor, but during the ensuing pandemonium, a drunk fan attacked referee Richie Powers and other fans turned over one of the scorer's tables. After a ten-minute delay to clear the court and get the Celtics back on the floor, the officials put one second back on the clock.