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Gymnastics events have been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. For 32 years, only men were allowed to compete. Beginning at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, women were allowed to compete in artistic gymnastics events as well.
Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, artistry and endurance. [1] The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shoulders, back, chest, and abdominal muscle groups.
This engraving on wood shows gymnastics, monkey bars, and synchronised Indian club swinging being practiced in a large gym run by the YMCA. London, c. 1888. Gymnastics, climbing, fencing, and boxing in a commercial gym environment. Roper's gymnasium, Philadelphia, c. 1831. Ballistic training. Throwing the javelin [49] Plyometrics training ...
Ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics, look back at U.S. gymnastics history, including moments from Simone Biles, Mary Lou Retton, Gabby Douglas and Shannon Miller.
In the 1970s, the average age of Olympic gymnastics competitors began to gradually decrease. While it was not unheard of for teenagers to compete in the 1960s — Ludmilla Tourischeva was sixteen at her first Olympics in 1968 — they slowly became the norm, as difficulty in gymnastics increased.
The event is overseen by the United States Olympic Committee and run by USA Gymnastics. The first Olympic trials were held in 1960 in West Point, New York , to select athletes for the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome , Italy . [ 1 ]
Hillary Heron, a 20-year-old artistic gymnast from Panama, made history when she landed the Biles I floor element as she competed in Paris on July 28 at the Bercy Arena.
The squad is breaking barriers in age and accomplishments. Jordan Chiles, Hezly Rivera, Jade Carey, Simone Biles, and Sunisa Lee of Team USA at the Paris Summer Olympic Games at Bercy Arena on ...