2020 4 2020 TOKYO INTRODUCTION Gymnastics is an exciting sport People can learn the basic moves from a young age Gymnasts usually perform their moves on special equipment such as rings and the balance beam Each piece of equipment is called an apparatus In artistic gymnastics boys girls men and women have different events Some are the same Women compete in vault uneven bars balance beam and floor exercise Men compete in floor exercise pommel horse still rings vault parallel bars and horizontal bar A gymnastics competition is called a meet Gymnastics meets often include multiple competitions One is the all around competition
5 TOKYO 20 EGA 17 An Olympic gymnasium needs to be big enough to fit the various gymnastics apparatuses United by Emotion TOKYO 2020
6 INTRODUCTION In the all around each gymnast competes on every apparatus The final score combines all the results There are also competitions for each apparatus Finally there is a team competition There are many skills required of a gymnast As gymnasts get better and learn more skills they move up levels The highest level is elite Gymnasts become more flexible as they learn more skills FUN FACT In 1996 Dominique Dawes was the first Black woman to win an individual medal in Olympic gymnastics with the bronze in the floor exercise She is one of only three American women to have competed in three Olympics
Competing on the still rings requires a lot of upper body strength 13 Those are the gymnasts who compete at international competitions including the Olympics and World Championships 7
