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Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of various exercises on several different apparatus, mainly uneven bars, balance beam, floor exercise and vault for women. While men compete in floor exercises, vault, pommel horse, string rings, parallel bars and high bar.
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pommel horse
Sports; Gymnastics
A men’s gymnastics event performed on an apparatus 115 centimeters high, 35 centimeters wide, and 160 centimeters long, with two pommels on the top, adjusted between 40 and 45 centimeters apart. A ...
front split
Sports; Gymnastics
A split in which one leg is extended frontward and the other leg is extended backward, both at right angles to the trunk. Ideally, the legs are split at least 180 degrees and are flat on the floor ...
front walkover
Sports; Gymnastics
A move from the front split handstand position in which one foot is brought down in back, followed by the other foot.
full
Sports; Gymnastics
A back somersault with one full twist in the longitudinal axis, usually done in the layout position.
