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This list is of those who are considered to be notable in their chosen discipline. See gymnasium (ancient Greece) for the origin of the word gymnast from gymnastikos . This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Women artistic gymnasts are women who participate in the sport of gymnastics, specifically artistic gymnastics. [1] Women first competed in Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics in 1928. [2] This list is of those who are considered to be notable in women's artistic gymnastics. See gymnasium (ancient Greece) for the origin of the word gymnast from ...
The most common form of competitive gymnastics is artistic gymnastics (AG); for women, the events include floor, vault, uneven bars, and balance beam; for men, besides floor and vault, it includes rings, pommel horse, parallel bars, and horizontal bar. The uneven bars take a lot of muscle and skill to stay on the bar.
A gymnastics apparatus used by men in artistic gymnastics. It consists of two 3.5m bars. PB The scoring abbreviation for the parallel bars. PH The scoring abbreviation for the pommel horse. Pike A position where the body is bent only in the hips. Pommel horse A gymnastics apparatus used by men in artistic gymnastics.
Left to right: Suni Lee, Simone Biles, Hezly Rivera, Jordan Chiles, and Jade Carey pose after being selected for the 2024 U.S. Olympic Women’s Gymnastics Team on Day Four of the 2024 U.S ...
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 ...
Other names include box splits and center splits; in yoga the pose is named Samakonasana. Front splits are executed by extending one leg forward of, and the other leg to the rear of the torso. In dance, a front split is named according to the leg that is extended forward (e.g., the right leg is extended forward when executing a right split).
Gold medalist Simone Biles of Team USA poses with the Olympic Rings after the Artistic Gymnastics Women’s All-Around medal ceremony on Day Six of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on ...