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There are two groups of gymnastics events for men and for women. There are floor exercises which are done on a twelve metre square mat. There are exercises using equipment called apparatus, such as rings, bars, vaulting horse and pommel horse. There some team events and some events for a single gymnast.
On the still rings which are suspended by wires, male gymnasts swing and do handstands and hold other positions. The man's body must not shake or sag. At the end of his routine the man must somersault off and land on both feet.
a gymnast on the balance beam
Women walk, jump and do handstands on the balance beam. The gymnast must try to use the whole beam.The top of the beam is just ten centimetres wide. The event is timed and must last for about 1 minute and 10 seconds.
On the uneven bars the women swing and twist without stopping. They swing from bar to bar in smooth movements.
The men run and jump onto a long padded bench called a pommel horse. They twist and flip while holding onto the handles, which are called pommels.
In the floor exercise, the men flip, twist and tumble.
The women gymnasts leap, twist and jump as music plays. They run and dance with a hoop or ball, or they twirl a long ribbon, making shapes with it
Go here for a kidcyber activity page for gymnastics
http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/gymactivity.htm
Read
about gymnasts, events and the rules for each type of gymnastics
http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/UrlGrpServer.jser?@_ID=6018&@_TEMPLATE=5991
Go here to read more about Olympic gymnastics
http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/index_uk.asp?SportCode=GY
Acknowledge this source in your bibliography like
this:
Thomas & Sydenham, Gymnastics. [Online] www.kidcyber.com.au (2008)
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