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Artistic Gymnastics - Women
Artistic Gymnastics, as an event, is probably the most well known of the indoor Winter Olympic Games. The Artistic Gymnastics women's events include the vault, floor exercises, balance beam, and uneven parallel bars. To succeed in these events, women must have tremendous poise, speed, and upper and lower body strength. Many female gymnasts are short, as this lower center of gravity enables them to perform their acrobatic routines more easily and with more precision. Gymnastics is a sport that was first performed by the ancient Romans and Greeks. This is a unique blend of artistic movement, strength, and aerial agility. This article focuses on the history of the sport, how the routines are judged, and the moves within the different events.
Women's Floor Exercises: The components of the women's exercises are similar to the men's, including a series of acrobatic maneuvers over all four corners of the floor. In this event, the women artistic gymnasts show off their artistry, coordination, agility, and fitness. Women's floor exercise routines are choreographed by the athlete and can include an original assortment of flips and aerial somersaults. One move that is usually unique to the women's routine is the Double Schushunova. This is usually the last move performed by the gymnast in the routine. The Double Shushunova involves the athlete leaping into the air, moving horizontally to the floor, and bracing the landing with both hands. The Double Shushunova provides the artistic component that is required for the women's floor exercises.
The Balance Beam: The Balance Beam is a women only event. In this routine, an athlete performs a series of maneuvers while on the beam for the whole routine, until the final dismount where she tries to land cleanly on both feet. At the start of the balance beam event, the gymnast uses her own power to mount the beam. From there, she performs a series of jumps and gymnastic elements. Gymnasts are expected to use the entire length of the beam, to stay in control at all times, to maintain perfect balance, and to move and turn gracefully. At the end of the balance beam routine, the athlete launches into a dismount that consists of acrobatic 360 degrees vertical flips to a landing on the floor. In a perfect dismount, the gymnast lands on the both feet at the same time, without needing take a corrective step backwards or forwards. The balance beam itself is 5 meters long and only 10 cm wide. The horizontal beam is usually made of aluminum, with a non-slide rubber material. One highlight of the balance beam event that most women perform is the Rulfova. In the Rulfova maneuver, the athlete begins the stunt towards the end of the beam, with her back to the long end of the beam. She then performs a combination of a back flip and a horizontal flip. As she approaches the beam, she grabs it with both hands. She then rolls onto the beam, stomach first, and completes the stunt by straddling the beam. Major points are deducted in this event if the gymnast falls of the beam, or falls down while trying to stick the dismount.
Women's Vault: In this event, women run full speed sown an approach run, jump off of a springboard, and catapult themselves off of the horizontal vault before flipping and landing with both feet on a cushioned mat.
Paintball, like women's artistic gymnastics events, is a sport where female athletes have excelled and achieved a level of success equal to that of the men.
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