1/1/2023 0 Comments Contributors of gymnastic![]() ![]() Photo: Korean Olympic Committee ( CC BY-SA 2.0) South Korea's Son Yeon Jae performing with the hoop at the 2012 London Olympics. The Games feature three competitions rhythmic gymnastics for women only and artistic gymnastics and trampolining for both men and women. Gymnastics is now part of physical education for boys and girls in nearly every country, and gymnastics has become one of the most popular sports at the Olympic Games. Old-fashioned attitudes kept women and girls out of gymnastics until the 1920s, and the Olympic Games didn’t include events for women until 1928. By the 19th century physical education for boys in Europe included gymnastics, and several gymnastics events for men were included in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. Like athletics and wrestling, it originated in ancient Greece as part of military training. Gymnastics is a sport that tests strength, balance and the ability to bend your body and perform acrobatic movements. This page covers the vocabulary and language of gymnastics by explaining its history and the events you can see at the Olympic Games. ![]()
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