Fun Facts
                      Did you know??
 

• For some reason men don't use music for their routines like women do.
• Training of top gymnasts begins when they are 2 or 3 years old.
• Between the ages 14-18 years old women are at their best in gymnastics.
• Between their late teens or early twenties, male gymnasts do their best at gymnastics
• After the 1996 Olympics, women had to be at least 16 years old to compete in the Olympics, and world championships.
• In 1984, rhythmic gymnastics became an Olympic event.
• Sometimes, rhyhmic gymnasts may not perform some tumbling moves.
• A back handspring can also be called a flip-flop
• There are springs under the 40x40 foot mat on which gymnasts perform their floor exercise.  A layer of plywood covers the springs and two inches of foam, rubber,and carpet covers the plywood.  This springloaded floor launches the gymnasts into the air and softens their landings.

 
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