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List Of Olympic Female Gymnasts For France
Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896. French female gymnasts have participated in every Summer Olympics since 1928, except for 1932, 1936, and 1980. A total of 64 female gymnasts have represented France. French women have won one medal at the Olympics: the 2004 uneven bars gold, which was won by Émilie Le Pennec. sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 14, 2013. Gymnasts 
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Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shoulders, back, chest, and abdominal muscle groups. Gymnastics evolved from exercises used by the ancient Greeks that included skills for mounting and dismounting a horse, and from circus performance skills. The most common form of competitive gymnastics is artistic gymnastics (AG), which consists of, for women (WAG), the events floor, vault, uneven bars, and beam; and for men (MAG), the events floor, vault, rings, pommel horse, parallel bars, and horizontal bar. The governing body for gymnastics throughout the world is the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG). Eight sports are governed by the FIG, which include gymnastics for all, men's and women's artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, trampolining (including double mini-t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
