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Gymnastics

The Vault

Vaulting is where an athlete runs up to an obstacle called the ‘horse’ or vault table and then has to jump off a spring board and perform some sort jump to get over the obstacle. You are watched by judges who then give you a score out of ten from each judge and then give you an overall score

      Dimensions

Length: 120 centimetres (3.9 ft)

Width: 95 centimetres (3.12 ft)

Height:

Men: 135 centimetres (4.43 ft)

Women: 125 centimetres (4.10 ft)

Run up area:

Length: 2,500 centimetres (82 ft)

Width: 100 centimetres (3.3 ft)

International Organisations

International Federation of Gymnastics (IFG) is the governing body of competitive gymnastics and controls all gymnastic events and changes

World Standings

In Gymnastics athletes are judged on places in different competitions and events and when they perform well can go up in the rankings but when they perform badly they can go down in the rankings, this determines the best gymnasts.

Top Gymnasts

Full Name: Marian Drăgulescu

Age: 30

Nickname: The Moroccan

Occupation: Artistic Gymnast (does a short performance on different apparatus and is judged on performance)

Full Name: Gervasio Deferr

Age: 31

Occupation: Artistic

Gymnast (retired)

Equipment

Landing mat: to land on safely

Spring Board: To Jump off

Vault Table: To jump over