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Falls incur an automatic deduction of 1 full point in the 2009 FIG CoP. For levels 1-10, a fall is 0.5 points. Also, if the gymnast hits the low bar with her foot/feet (as Beth Tweddle did at the 2008 Olympics bars qualifications, and Viktoria Komova did at the 2012 Olympics bars apparatus finals), a deduction of 0.1 to 0.5 points will occur ...
Gymnastics is one of the most dangerous sports, with a very high injury rate seen in girls age 11 to 18. [52] Some gymnastic movements which were allowed in past competitions are now banned for safety reasons; for example, the Thomas salto, a twisting salto landed with a forward roll on the floor, was banned after several injuries.
In 2006, the Code of Points and the entire gymnastics scoring system were completely overhauled. The change stemmed from the judging controversy at 2004 Olympics in Athens , which brought the reliability and objectivity of the scoring system into question, and arguments that execution had been sacrificed for difficulty in artistic gymnastics.
Gymnastics can be brutal on the body, particularly for those who spend the better part of two decades testing the limits. The injury rate is essentially 100%. Still, this was different.
A 2021 study suggested that landing scoring criteria for vault in women's gymnastics increased the risk of injury compared to the criteria in men's gymnastics. [18] Both this study and an earlier one from 2015 recommended allowing more flexion at the knees during landing to reduce impact-related injuries.
Most acrobatic gymnastics injuries occur in the lower limbs, such as to the knee and ankle, with wrist injuries also being relatively frequent. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Ligament injuries are common, though one study found a sex difference, with female gymnasts most frequently having ligament injuries while male gymnasts were most likely to have ...
Kayla DiCello trained her entire life to make the U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics team. After she was named an alternate for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, 2024 was shaping up to be her year.
Brody Malone has become an expert on many things over the last 15 months while recovering from a knee injury that threatened to derail his chances of returning to the Olympics. All but one of his ...