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Australian artistic gymnast Lauren Mitchell does a layout step-out during the 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in London.A gymnast on the pommel horse at acompetition.
Gymnastics is asport which involves doing exercises which need strength, flexibility, balance and control. This may includerunning,jumping, tumbling,somersaulting, flipping andbalancing. Mental skills are also involved such as confidence, diet control and focus.
In women's gymnastics, there are four activities: floor, uneven bars, balance beam, and vault. In men's gymnastics, there are six activities: floor exercise, parallel bars, high bar, pommel horse, vault, and rings.
There are several forms of gymnastics, includingrhythmic gymnastics, artistic gymnastics,acrobatics,trampolining, andwheel gymnastics and no handed gymnastics. Inartistic gymnastics, gymnasts perform short routines using different pieces of equipment.Acrobatics involves showing balance and performing flips on the floor or in the air. Intrampolining, gymnasts do routines using only thetrampoline.Wheel gymnasts exercise in a large wheel called a German wheel.
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Inrhythmic gymnastics, gymnasts perform withribbons,rope, ball, hoop and clubs. Usually, only females do rhythmic gymnastics because they are more flexible than males.
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