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The Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) or International Federation of Gymnastics (IFG) is the governing body of competitive gymnastics. Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinaesthetic awareness, such as handsprings and handstands. ...
They draw up the rules, known as the Code of Points, which dictate how judges assess gymnasts. The Code of Points describes the scoring of artistic gymnastics. ... Gymnasts are people who participate in the sport of gymnastics. ...
Artistic gymnastics consists of prescribed sets of events, such as the vault, which are scored separately by judges to determine individual winners.
Rhythmic gymnastics consists of several events in which the gymnasts use objects such as balls and hoops while performing choreographed routines, which are scored separately and then added together to determine an overall winner.
The international ruling body for gymnastics is the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (InternationalFederation of Gymnastics).
It is published by the InternationalFederation of Gymnastics (FIG).
A gymnast may also lose CV credit if there are extra steps or pauses between skills that are meant to be connected.
Required elements: Routine composition was decided by the gymnast and his or her coaches, however, on every apparatus except vault there was a list of required elements (similar to the EGR in the new Code) that had to be performed during the routine.
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