competitive gymnastics

Scored athletic tumbling

Competitive gymnastics is the sport of gymnastics performed in organized contests judged on difficulty and execution.

Athletes compete on apparatus like the balance beam, vault, uneven bars, and floor exercise, with scores determining individual and team rankings.

She trained for years in competitive gymnastics before making the Olympic team.

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balance beam · pommel horse · rings · somersault · parallel bars · Simone Biles · horizontal bar · trampoline · tumbling · springboard · scoring · stuck landing · cartwheel · strength conditioning · pirouette · backflip · back handspring · Nadia Comaneci

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purpose and structure

competitive gymnasticsfree play

Self-directed recreational time

open gym · parkour · freerunning

rigor and intensity

competitive gymnasticsfitness classes

Structured group physical training

activity type within sport/exercise

competitive gymnasticscompetitive swimming

Timed races in pools

endurance sports · distance running · marathon running · competitive cycling · team sports

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