Gymnasts swoop through the air on zip wires and are catapulted out of cannons.
Why do Olympic gymnasts wear paper numbers attached to the back of their uniforms?
Still, "this procedure has greatly contributed to control the age of gymnasts, " said a FIG spokesman.
Gymnasts at a Cambridgeshire club donned Louis Smith masks to kick-start a campaign for better facilities.
He was one of the top gymnasts in the United States when he attended Stanford University.
Spotters, often a male coach, usually scamper underneath gymnasts as they prepare to do aerial moves.
Others, like Franklin and U.S. gold medal gymnasts Jordan Wieber and Alexandra Raisman, are also considering college.
These gymnasts, I don't understand what they're doing. (Laughter.) I cannot even walk on a balance beam.
Furthermore, many of the gymnasts lacked consistency within the same event throughout the various stages of the three-part competition.
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For gymnasts, the trials may be less physically but no less mentally exhausting.
Rowers, more so than, say, gymnasts, tend to attend elite colleges and universities.
Despite the absence of Chinese and Russian gymnasts at the games, Lawrence still believes the competition will be very tough.
It also marred the ascendance of the British gymnasts, who hadn't even qualified for a men's team final since 1924.
Why are American female gymnasts consistently dominant, whereas American male gymnasts are overall not nearly as competitive in the world stage?
In the team format at worlds, a country may only enter three gymnasts per apparatus and all three athletes' scores count.
The International Gymnastics Federation, however, has said that those gymnasts were eligible and that the ages on their passports were correct.
Gymnasts Aly Raisman and Catalina Ponor did not betray a single emotion as they awaited the results of an appeal of the beam.
Although applicants are not required to be trained acrobats and gymnasts, they will have to show that they are strong, flexible and balanced.
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One day, outside the school, the gymnasts are egging her on and she does a back handspring that nearly staggers you with its perfection.
Gold medal gymnast Gabby Douglas is the latest to join an elite coterie of American gymnasts who have won the individual all around competition.
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Marketers and gymnasts also emphasize the need for balance, but in their case this word means something different than it does for the high-wire economists.
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The favorites in the competition are Britain's Beth Tweddle, who led qualifiers with a 16.133 score, as well as two gymnasts each from China and Russia.
Married medalists Bart Conner and Nadia Comaneci (with seven golds between them in gymnastics from 1976 to 1984) have built a mini-empire catering to would-be Olympian gymnasts.
British gymnasts have also performed surprisingly well, claiming four medals.
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While a small group of women will have a low body weight because of eating disorders, serious athletes make up the larger group at risk -- for example, competitive runners or gymnasts.
Banzhaf said he would like to see a medal system account for that, while not penalizing, say, gymnasts, who can win more than one gold but must master different skills to do so.
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Unlike tennis players or golfers who have regular and highly visible opportunities to win championships, most Olympic competitors, be they runners, swimmers or gymnasts, have a chance only once every four years to get the public's attention and gain the sponsorship opportunities that come with it.
In NBC's telling, it's all about Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte, about American gymnasts and swimmers, and soon enough about American track stars and, ultimately, about crowning the few who will grace the Wheaties box, who will sell us Subway sandwiches and Gatorade, Nike sneakers and Snickers chocolate bars.
Last year, Bruno Grandi, the president of the International Gymnastics Federation, known as FIG, said in an open letter there was a problem with the Code of Points, the rule book that describes how many points gymnasts get for certain moves but he stopped short of saying it was causing injuries.
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