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Updated December 14, 2017

by Amy Van Deusen

6 Reasons Gymnastics Is the Toughest Sport There Is

European Championships, the Asian Games, the Pan American Games and World Cup meets.

World Championships are the second biggest competition in gymnastics

Olympics is the ultimate gymnastics meet

Which Are the Biggest Gymnastics Competitions?

More recently, the United States, Russia, China, Romania, and Japan have been the top teams in artistic gymnastics

artistic gymnastics, the Soviet Union and Japan

Which Are the Best Gymnastics Teams?

Gymnastics can trace its roots all the way back to the ancient Greeks. The sport has been included in the Olympics since the first modern Games in 1896.

When Did Gymnastics Become a Sport?

What Are the Gymnastics Events?

Other types of gymnastics not currently on the Olympic roster include tumbling, acrobatic gymnastics, and group gymnastics.

three types of gymnastics

What Are the Different Types of Gymnastics?

Gymnastics is a sport in which athletes called gymnasts perform acrobatic feats – leaps, flips, turns, handstands and more – on a piece of apparatus such as a balance beam, or with a piece of apparatus like a rope or ribbon. 

The formal definition of gymnastics, according to Oxford Dictionaries, is "Exercises developing or displaying physical agility and coordination.

A Handy Introduction to the Sport of Gymnastics

Amy Van Deusen