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 Code of Points (gymnastics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gymnastics skills are valued as A, B, C, D, E, or Super E based on their difficulty (A is easiest, super E is hardest).
Bonus points for difficult skills and combinations of skills are added to a routine's base score (which is the same for all gymnasts as long as all requirements are fulfilled) to determine the routine's start value.
The new code is causing a huge stir in the gymnastics world, with strong feelings on both sides of the issue.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Code_of_Points_(gymnastics)   (370 words)

  
 gymnastics - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about gymnastics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Also popular are sports acrobatics, performed by gymnasts in pairs, trios, or fours to music, where the emphasis is on dance, balance, and timing, and rhythmic gymnastics, choreographed to music and performed by individuals or six-girl teams, with small hand apparatus such as a ribbon, ball, or hoop.
Gymnastics was first revived in 19th-century Germany as an aid to military strength, and was also taken up by educationists including Friedrich Froebel and Johann Pestalozzi, becoming a recognized part of the school curriculum.
Then I got to be a professor of gymnastics, so as to make better use of my talents; and then I was a sergeant fireman at Paris, and assisted at many a big fire.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /gymnastics   (297 words)

  
 Artistic gymnastics - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
However, the discipline of general gymnastics is geared more towards participation for fun and fitness, rather than competition, and attracts a respectable number of participants including retired gymnasts.
In the past, female gymnastics was dominated by girls in their early teenage years, as their small size and light weight made landings softer and many movements easier.
Male gymnasts, because of the different emphases of their apparatus, reach their peak in their early twenties.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /artistic_gymnastics.htm   (533 words)

  
 Horizontal bar -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The horizontal bar or high bar is an (Click link for more info and facts about Artistic Gymnastics) Artistic Gymnastics apparatus.
It is only used by (A person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies) male (An athlete who is skilled in gymnastics) gymnasts.
One of the posts should be fitted with notches to allow the (An athlete who is skilled in gymnastics) gymnast to reach the top easily or to descend.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/ho/horizontal_bar.htm   (1432 words)

  
 Nikolai Andrianov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
October 14 1952 in Vladimir, Russian SFSR) was a Soviet/Russian gymnast.
Between 1971 and 1980 he was the first on many international gymnastics competitions, including the Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships.
Since 2002 Andrianov is the director of gymnastics Specialized Children and Youth sports school in Vladimir.
www.lexington-fayette.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Nikolai_Andrianov   (238 words)

  
 Articles - Artistic gymnastics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which competitors perform short routines (ranging from approximately 30 to 90 seconds) on different apparatus, obviously less for vaulting (see lists below).
The apparatus used in Men's Artistic Gymnastics (MAG), and Women's Artistic Gymnastics (WAG) differ, with the unique men's apparatus particularly emphasising strength requirements and the women's apparatus emphasising artistry, balance and agility.
Minimum age requirements, caused by concerns about competitor welfare and audience skepticism of the relevance of a contest dominated by prepubertal girls, have changed this somewhat, but elite female gymnasts are generally in their middle to late teenage years and of below-average height and weight.
www.crunner.com /articles/Artistic_gymnastics   (432 words)

  
 Horizontal axis machines (from turbine) --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Single-point tools, gripped in a boring head attached to a rotating spindle, are moved circularly against the sides of the existing holes.
gymnastics apparatus introduced in the early 19th century by the German Friedrich Jahn, usually considered the father of gymnastics.
It is a polished steel bar 2.8 cm (1.1 inches) in diameter, 2.4 metres (7.8 feet) long, and raised about 2.8 metres (9.1 feet) from the floor.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-45696   (1046 words)

  
 ESPN.com - OLY/SUMMER04/GYMNASTICS - High drama: Hamm wins silver
Hamm was able to block out the noise and win a silver medal on high bar, and four-time Olympic gold medalist Alexei Nemov finished fifth, much to the chagrin of the crowd.
He banged his foot on the bar during a release move, almost hit his knees on the landing and finished last of the 10 gymnasts, a result that nobody from any country can protest.
After the gymnasts cleared the floor, the judges followed them off and were greeted again by boos.
sports.espn.go.com /oly/summer04/gymnastics/news/story?id=1865921   (909 words)

  
 Horizontal bar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For information on the punctuation mark known as "horizontal bars", see the Quotation dash.
Elements on horizontal bar are regulated by the Code of Points.
The following excerpt is taken from the Boy's Own Book of Outdoor Sports, published in the early 1900s:
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gymnastics_horizontal_high_bar   (1379 words)

  
 INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - SPORTS
Mixing strength and agility with style and grace, the high-flying acrobats have provided many of the most breathtaking Olympic spectacles of the past quarter-century.
The word itself derives from the Greek word gymnos, meaning naked - dress requirements for athletes in those days were minimal, to say the least.
Female gymnasts compete on the vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor.
www.olympic.org /uk/sports/programme/disciplines_uk.asp?DiscCode=GA   (217 words)

  
 Artistic gymnastics
They are then graded on a score from 0 to 10 based on whether the performance contained certain required movements, the difficulty of the movements performed, and how well their performance compared to the desired performance of that movement.
Artistic gymnastics is one of the most popular spectator sports at the Summer Olympic Games, although it is not a particularly popular participant sport, as performing at even a basic level requires very high levels of fitness and skill which take more training than many people are prepared to commit.
The world's best gymnasts traditionally come from Eastern Europe, Russia, and China.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/a/ar/artistic_gymnastics.html   (426 words)

  
 Body   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
I belong to an elite clique of nerds at my high school, and in by spare time, I like to stare at cracks in the wall and wonder how they got there.
Bernardo V. is a 16-year-old from Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
I play guitar, make art, get high by thinking about how the rationals are dense in the reals but the rationals are countable and the reals aren't.
sprott.physics.wisc.edu /pickover/wishbook.htm   (17211 words)

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