As the Special Olympics GB Summer Games are now only two weeks away, we're taking a look at Artistic Gymnastics!
Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines (ranging from approximately 30 to 90 seconds) on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting.
There are wide range of different events which differ based on level & gender which we've listed below.
- Mixed Gender Events (Level A only) (local and regional/national competition only)
a. Vaulting
b. Wide Beam
c. Floor Exercise
d. Tumbling
e. Single Bar
f. All Around (total of all five event scores)
- Men’s Events (Levels I, II, III and IV)
a. Floor Exercise
b. Pommel Horse
c. Rings
d. Vaulting
e. Parallel Bars
f. Horizontal Bar
g. All Around (total of all six event scores)
- Women’s Events (Levels I, II, III and IV)
a. Vaulting
b. Uneven Bars
c. Balance Beam
d. Floor Exercise
e. All Around (total of all four event scores)
The Special Olympics website has videos of the competencies to give you an idea of what's involved in each discipline but if you want to see them in the flesh, you can get yourself along to Founders Hall at the University of Bath where 98 Special Olympics Athletes will be competing at the 2013 Summer Games.
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Find out more about the Summer Games and Artistic Gymnastics at the Special Olympics GB website.
