Olympic gymnastics

Acrobatic competitive sport

Olympic gymnastics is the competitive gymnastics program featured at the Summer Olympic Games, encompassing artistic gymnastics (vault, bars, beam, floor for women; floor, pommel horse, rings, vault, parallel bars, high bar for men), rhythmic gymnastics, and trampoline.

The sport emphasizes strength, flexibility, and precise execution of acrobatic routines: She's been training for Olympic gymnastics since age six.

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floor routine · hoop · parallel bars · vault · rings · giant swing · twist · clubs · horizontal bar · rope · dismount · stuck landing · Simone Biles · flexibility exercises · choreography · balance beam · execution · ball

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Floor exercise with apparatus

acrobatic gymnastics · ballet · parkour · competitive cheerleading · figure skating

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Competitive stadium sports

swimming · weightlifting · marathon running · powerlifting · speed skating

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Electronic interactive entertainment

desk work · inactivity

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G