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Women's Artistic (WAG)
Women’s Artistic Gymnastics is probably the most well known branch of the sport and one of the biggest crowd pleasers at any Olympic Games. It is an exciting, aesthetic, yet extremely demanding discipline incorporating Vault, Asymmetric Bars, Beam and Floor.
Floor
The floor exercise is performed on a 12mx12m sprung floor. A sequence of dance movements, tumbling, -acrobatic elements, jumps, spins and leaps is choreographed to music expressing the gymnasts personality, style and flair.
British Gymnastics video of Amy Tinkler in action
Asymmetric Bars
This exercise is performed on two bars, one high, one low, over and between which gymnasts perform swinging movements and breath-taking skills where bar is released and re-caught.
British Gymnastics video of Georgia Mae-Fenton on bars
Beam
An awe-inspiring piece of apparatus at 5m long, 10cm wide and 1.25m high it requires tremendous nerve and balance. Combining artistry, acrobatic elements, balances, leaps, jumps and turns, finishing with a dismount demonstrating flight and precision.
British Gymnastics video of Amelie Morgan in action
Vault
This is a dynamic exercise from a springboard over a vaulting table 125cm high. It demonstrates power and accuracy combining height and length, sometimes with multiple rotations or twists to finish with a controlled landing.
British Gymnastics video of Taeja James Vault
Women's Artistic Clubs in Kent
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