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Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different types of apparatus. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which assigns the Code of Points used to score performances and regulates all aspects of elite international competition.
USA Gymnastics is the national governing body for several gymnastics disciplines in the United States: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, trampolining, tumbling, acrobatic gymnastics, Gymnastics for All, and parkour). Since its establishment in 1963, USAG has been responsible for selecting national teams, providing training facilities ...
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.
Simone Biles, of the United States, performs on the floor during the women’s artistic gymnastics all-around finals in Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Paris ...
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.
The United States women's national artistic gymnastics team represents the United States in FIG international competitions.. As of 2024, the U.S. team is the reigning World team champion and the reigning Olympic team gold medalists, with the five gymnasts nicknamed the "Golden Girls."
Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896, [1] but women's events first appeared in 1928. American female gymnasts have participated in every Olympic Games since 1936, except for 1980. [2] A total of 90 female gymnasts have represented the United States.
Simone Biles has five gymnastics moves named after her — and for the first time, someone besides Biles nailed one of those moves at the Olympics.. Hillary Heron, a 20-year-old artistic gymnast ...