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    favorite gymnast on the US Olympic Gymnastics team is Gabby Douglass and her fellow gymnasts Simone Biles, Laurie Hernandez, Madison Kocian and Aly Raisman. Gabby Douglass has an interesting story about her life with the other gymnast and the history. At that point, Douglass was very strong when she was doing her routines. Gabby Douglass was the most impressive gymnast because she was mostly doing gymnastics when she was younger She learned how to do a one-handed cartwheel that she taught herself when she was 4 years old. When she was 6 she did a cartwheel by herself. The Women’s gymnastics team defended the gold medal in Brazil in the year of 2016 by using their calisthenics. Gymnastics has continued for more than 2,000 years and it was a competitive sport. She was the first African to win the gold medal so she became a champion. Women's gymnastics team as a whole defended the gold in Brazil in the year of 2016. When gymnastics has become a sport so Gabby Douglass was my favorite. Gabby Douglas was born on December 31, 1995, in Virginia Beach. Douglass's full name is Gabrielle Christina Victoria Douglas. She is on the Olympic gymnastics team for the United States. At 4 years old she learned how to do a one-handed cartwheel. In 2004 she was named…

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    Although gymnastics isn't considered a race, young elite gymnasts themselves are definitely in one. They're in a race with their own growing bodies and with all aspects of the sport that they dream of conquering to bring home Olympic gold before they expire. The physical and mental deterioration from the pressures of winning are brought on through intense training tactics implemented by coaches, their own parents, and even the governing body of gymnastics worldwide. The International Gymnastics…

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    The physics of gymnastics is a very complicated topic to study due to the many different factors involved in the stunts. What is gymnastics? Gymnastics is exercises developing or displaying physical agility and coordination. The modern sport of gymnastics typically involves exercises on uneven bars, balance beam, floor, and vault (for women), and horizontal bars, parallel bars, rings, floor, vault and pommel horse (for men). Vault and floor exercise are both unisex events and all of the events…

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    Through the many years of my swimming career, the sport has transformed me into the adult I am today. For the past twelve years, I have called the Woonsocket YMCA pool my home. I learned how to swim there at five years old, joined the swim team at seven, and finished off my high school swimming career at the age of seventeen. Over the years, I have made lifelong friendships, unforgettable memories, and achieved goals set for myself and the team. My swimming career has been primarily known for…

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    I’m here to tell you about gymnastics. Gymnastics three main products gymnasts use, are chalk powder, the chalk powder helps them control the grip. Next the handlebar grips, help them not to get rips on their palms. Gymnast use leotards when the practice, they use them because they are very stretchy. The also use team uniforms for when they compete. I’ll be explaining why gymnast use them, and how they use the products. Gymnast need chalk to compete, for many different usage. First gymnast…

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    Have you ever seen a national gymnast? I went to Orlando Florida for nationals in gymnastics it took 25 hours. It took forever but at least I had my friend Tamara so I was not that bored. But it was fun we went through Kansas,Alabama,Tennessee,Georgia,and of course Florida they were all cool. So as you know I went to nationals in Orlando Florida it was ok, I got 9th bars and 10th all around out of the nation that's good I think! There was a lot of people. And on the beam I…

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    today I got to swim 200 butterfly at Junior Olympics. I know what you are probably thinking, Junior Olympics is not like the actual olympics that is held every four years with the gold, silver, and bronze medals just for children. Junior Olympics is a very competitive swim meet that swimmers can go to if they have a qualifying time for a certain event. I had qualified in 200 butterfly, which is eight laps of butterfly in a pool that is twenty-five yards long. I was twelve, and a cold March…

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    Gymnastics Research Paper

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    There are many sports, but the hardest one physically, mentally, and commitment wise is gymnastics. Gymnastics is a competitive sport in which the athletes preform acrobatic feats on four different types of apparatus. The first event female gymnasts compete in is the floor exercise. The athlete preforms a routine choreographed to music of her choice, and must complete three to four tumbling passes as well as leaps, jumps, and dance moves. The second apparatus is the vault. This piece of…

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    I defend my friends, especially my teammates. Even though swimming is an individual sport, it is also a team sport. Waking up at 5:00 in the morning for a two-hour morning workout isn’t something that anyone can do. Having a team there to be encouraging is what gets us through the season; so naturally we become very close. This year New Trier Girls Swimming and Diving is doing a different form of leadership. We have a leadership counsel so more people can speak for the team based on what they…

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    The Effects of Doing Gymnastics Did you know that there is a bunch of different things that happen to people that do gymnastics? When it comes to elite artistic gymnastics, most female competitors begin the sport before the age of five and train around 40 hours a week, pushing their strength and flexibility to the limits, at times defying anatomy and biology to stick their routines. There are many benefits to doing gymnastics at a young age, like how learning gymnastics enhances the…

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