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| In artistic gymnastics, gymnasts carry out exercises on different apparatus, combining technique and aestheticism. Each exercise is marked by judges with a maxiumum of 10 points.In both individual and team competitions, men compete in six different apparatus (floor, pommel horse, rings, long horse vault, parallel bars and fixed bars), while women compete in four (side horse vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor).Rythmic gymnastics is a women-only event, where gymnasts attempt to obtain the most points possible using four out of the five accessories (rope, ribbon, clubs, hoop, ball) to complete a 60 - 90 second routine on a 13m x 13m mat. The total from the four scores determines the olympic champion.In the team event, each of the 10 teams must carry out two routines. In the first routine five gymnasts use clubs. In the second, two gymnasts use hoops, and three use ribbons. Both scores are combined.Trampoline, the third category of gymnastics events, has routines of 10 elements. In the qualifying rounds athletes perform two routines. Eight of 16 athletes qualify to the finals, where they will perform one routine only.Each routine must display one landing on either the front or back of the body, a single or double somersault, or similar, with a twist of at least 540 degrees, a forward or backward double somersault, with or without a twist, a forward or backward double somersault, including at least a full twist. More |
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