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Vault
===Vaulting in gymnastics is high-speed and exciting! You have to run down a 25 meter runway, jump on a springboard, land momentarily by putting your hands on the vaulting table(shown below), then the gymnast pushes off and does various flips and somersaults before landing on a mat or the floor on both feet.===

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnastics

=Uneven Bars=

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Uneven bars are fiberglass covered with wood so that they don't break. Gymnasts preform swinging, circling, transitional and release moves. In doing these they may pass over, under or between the 2 bars.=====

=Balance Beam=

Beam routines usually last up to 90 seconds and consist of leaps, acrobatic skills, somersaults, turns and dance elements. The beam is 125 cm from the ground, 500 cm long and 10 cm wide. Beam requires strength, flexibility, and balance.

=Floor=

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Gymnasts perform a choreographed routine up to 90 seconds long. They can choose an accompanying music piece, which must be instrumental and cannot include vocals. The routine should consist of tumbling lines, series of jumps, dance elements, acrobatic skills, and turns, or piviots, on one foot. A gymnast can perform up to four tumbling lines that include at least one flight element without hand support.====== http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnastics = = = =