Gymnastics

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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Gymnastics

Maloney

Sports; Gymnastics

A piked circle through a handstand with a flight from the low bar to a hang on the high bar. Named for U. S. gymnast Kristen Maloney, who created it.

McCool

Sports; Gymnastics

A balance beam mount named after Courtney McCool, who first performed the skill in international competition in 2004. The beam mount approaches toward the end of the beam and is a flyspring forward ...

McNamara

Sports; Gymnastics

An uneven bar mount named after Julianne McNamara. She first performed the skill internationally in 1981. The mount is performed with a jump to hang on the high bar into a free hip circle to ...

Melissanidis

Sports; Gymnastics

A vaulting skill in which the gymnast performs a round-off entry onto the vault table and after blocking off the vault table, rotates a 2 ½ back somersault. It is named after the Greek gymnast, ...

en arrière

Sports; Gymnastics

Dance term meaning to the back.

Bhardwaj

Sports; Gymnastics

A salto on uneven bars named after Mohini Bhardwaj. She first performed the skill in International competition in 2004. It is done from a hang on the high bar, facing the low bar with a swing ...

Bhavsar

Sports; Gymnastics

A rings skill named after Raj Bhavsar. It is a pull through momentary, front lever press to Maltese It has been rated by the FIG as an E level skill (Super E if done with straight body).