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A gymnastics move in which the gymnast takes a running start, then places their hands as if a handstand. They kick one leg over, push off the ground, and come back up. Front tuck The act of running, jumping off of two feet, turning in mid air, and landing on the ground on two feet. FX The scoring abbreviation for floor exercise. Full
Club swinging, a.k.a. Indian clubs, was an event in Men's Artistic Gymnastics sometime up until the 1950s. It was similar to the clubs in both Women's and Men's Rhythmic Gymnastics but much simpler with few throws allowed. It was practice. It was included in the 1904 and 1932 Summer Olympic Games.
With relatively light weights (as in the "power snatch") locking of the arms may not require rebending the knees. However, as performed in contests, the weight is always heavy enough to demand that the lifter receive the bar in a squatting position, while at the same time flipping the weight so it moves in an arc directly overhead to locked ...
The flare is an acrobatic move in which the performer alternates balancing the torso between either arm while swinging the legs beneath in continuous circles. It is a fundamental b-boying /bgirl power move , and in gymnastics it may be performed on a pommel horse or during the floor exercise .
The seven-time Olympic medalist has five gymnastics skills named after her. Moves are named after the first gymnast who completes them in an international competition, according to the ...
A multiple-exposure image of a gymnast performing the vault at the 2012 Summer Olympics.. The handspring double salto forward tucked, known as a Produnova in women's artistic gymnastics and a Roche in men's artistic gymnastics, [1] [2] is a vault consisting of a front handspring onto the vaulting horse and two front somersaults in a tucked position off it.
The "Biles on the floor" was first successfully completed by Biles on the world stage in 2013 at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. This move is a double layout with a half-twist, which ...
The Gienger is a gymnastics skill performed on the uneven bars for women and the high bar for men. It is named after German gymnast Eberhard Gienger. The release move looks like a half-turn layout "flyaway" above the bar to catch the same bar. Its COP reference is 3.405 and it is a D element.