Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of exercises requiring physical strength , flexibility , power , agility , coordination , grace , balance and control . Internationally , all of the competitive gymnastics events are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) .
Each country has its own national governing body (BIW) affiliated to FIG . Competitive artistic gymnastics is the best known of the gymnastic events . It typically involves the women's events of vault , uneven bars , balance beam , and floor exercise . Men's events are floor exercise , pommel horse , still rings , vault , parallel bars and the high bar . Gymnastics evolved from exercises used by the ancient greeks that included skills for mounting and dismounting a horse , and from circus performance skills .
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Life of a gymnast
FanfictionThis story is about how hard gymnasts work and how their lives are . Hope u like it .
