Why do female gymnasts do flourishes in their routines?

Your impression as an outsider is quite in line with the actual aesthetics of this sport (you obviously are talking about Woman's Artistic Gymnastics athletes even if there are many kind of gymnastics). read more

Your impression as an outsider is quite in line with the actual aesthetics of this sport (you obviously are talking about Woman’s Artistic Gymnastics athletes even if there are many kind of gymnastics). read more

More ballet worked its way into the sport as many dancers became gymnasts and inflected their floor and beam routines with the kind of rhythm and beauty you think of when you remember Nadia Comaneci. But recently, women’s gymnastics has grown much closer to men’s: there are more flips, more twists, more danger, and more difficulty. read more

Because music, rhythmic execution and choreography are not the core of Artistic Gymnastics and music was added to WAG (Women’s Artistic Gymnastic) FXs (Floor Exercises) only to enrich the content of women exercises at the time when they were not able to perform many of the elements performed by men. read more