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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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Gymnastics

flexibility

Sports; Gymnastics

The range of motion through which a body part can move without feeling pain.

flexion

Sports; Gymnastics

Movement about a joint in which bones on either side of the joint are brought closer together, decreasing the angle of the joint. Any movement of a joint, which brings connected body parts closer ...

flic-flac

Sports; Gymnastics

Also known as a Flip-Flop or Back Handspring. This tumbling element is used in a majority of back tumbling passes on the floor exercise. It's also used a great deal on the balance beam.

fliffis

Sports; Gymnastics

Any double somersault with a twist including double front with a ½ twist, full-in, ½ in-1/2 out and full-out.

flip

Sports; Gymnastics

Tumbling element that rotates about the transverse (horizontal) axis. Also called somersault, a salto or somie.

flip-flop

Sports; Gymnastics

Also known as a Flic-Flac or Back Handspring.

floor exercise

Sports; Gymnastics

An event in which the gymnast performs tumbling and acrobatic passes on a mat 40 feet square. The women's floor exercise is done to music.

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