sports acrobatics

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Sports acrobatics, formerly known as acrobatic gymnastics, is a discipline that involves pairs and groups performing routines to music on a platform. These routines feature elements like human pyramids, partner balances, and throws with twists and somersaults, interspersed with tumbling. This sport has been contested internationally since 1973 and is now governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG).1

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Acrobatic gymnastics
Acrobatic gymnastics, formerly sports acrobatics, has been contested internationally since 1973. In 1998 the International Federation of Sports Acrobatics voted to dissolve, and the sport was subsumed by the FIG. The events in acrobatic gymnastics are women’s pairs, mixed pairs, men’s pairs, women’s trios, and men’s fours. Pairs…
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Acrobatic gymnastics, formerly sports acrobatics, has been contested internationally since 1973. In 1998 the International Federation of Sports Acrobatics voted to dissolve, and the sport was subsumed by the FIG. The events in acrobatic gymnastics are women’s pairs, mixed pairs, men’s pairs, women’s trios, and men’s fours. Pairs…
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