Gymnastics
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Gymnastics is a group of sports that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, artistry and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribut
Daniele Hypólito performing on the balance beam
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, the "father of gymnastics"
Early 20th-century gymnastics in Stockholm, Sweden
Nadia Comăneci in 1976. The artistry and grace of Comăneci and Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut gave the sport global popularity.
Acrobatics
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Acrobatics is the performance of human feats of balance, agility, and motor coordination. Acrobatic skills are used in performing arts, sporting events, and martial arts. Extensive use of acrobatic sk
A showgirl performing aerial silk
A female acrobat (Greek Campanian red-figure hydria, c. 340–330 BC)
Female acrobat shooting an arrow with a bow in her feet (Greek Gnathian style pelike, 4th century BC
Acrobatic performance in India c. 1863