Gymnastics
Contributing Articles in Gymnastics
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What to Wear Trampolining
Apart from the trampoline of course, trampolining doesn't require any special equipment but people often ask 'What shall I wear?'
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Front Drops for Beginners
Front drops are trampolining skills in their own right but they can also be progressed into higher level skills or incorporated into somersault landings.
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Performing Seat Drops Correctly
Seat drops are one of the core skills within trampolining. They can be performed alone or progressed into other skills at higher levels.
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Full and Half Twist Jumps
Twists are involved in all aspects of trampolining, they are useful as linking movements or to bump up the number of points available for a routine during a competition.
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Tuck, Pike and Straddle Jumps
Tucks, pikes and straddles are three different body shapes that form the basis of all trampolining skills.
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How to Bounce on a Trampoline
The first essential thing for a new trampolinist to learn is how to control their bouncing. But perhaps even more important is knowing how to stop!
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Two Golds for Tweddle
Beth Tweddle won two gold medals in the gymnastic finals at the World University Games in Belgrade.
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Tweddle to Represent Britain in Serbia
Beth Tweddle is among the ten gymnasts selected to represent Great Britain at the 25th World University Games in Belgrade, Serbia this July.
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Shawn Johnson Wins Gold in Olympic Beam Final
A series of falls and mistakes from competitors on the most stressful event in women's gymnastics paid off for Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin in the last event final.
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He Wins 2008 Olympic Bars Final in a Tiebreaker
Due to a complicated tie breaking procedure that no longer allows for double medals in gymnastics, Nastia Liukin was edged out on the bars. Yang finished third.
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2008 Olympic Women's Gymnastics Scoring
Though some scores at the Beijing Olympics have been unexpectedly low or high, it is unlikely that actual bias is involved, or even that results have been affected.
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2008 Olympic Women's Gymnastics Bars Final
The start order does not look good for Nastia Liukin in the uneven bars final, but her high A-score could give her the advantage over gymnasts like He and Semenova.
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Hong and Izbasa Win 2008 Vault and Floor Finals
Sunday night was full of surprises in women's gymnastics. Johnson was pushed out of gold again at the last minute on floor, and a mistake on vault pushed Cheng to third.
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2008 Olympic Women's Gymnastics Floor Finals
The floor exercise final is Shawn Johnson's best shot at a gold these games after earlier disappointment, but Liukin, Cheng Fei, and Sandra Izbasa all also have a shot.
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2008 Olympic Women's Gymnastics Vault Final
With Shawn Johnson not competing, Cheng Fei is looking for gold on vault, but she'll have to beat Alicia Sacramone and North Korean Hong Un-Jong first.
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