Why women gymnasts compete to music in their floor routines but men don't
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The reason for the disparity dates back almost a century, when expectations for female Olympic gymnasts were much different.
The women will leap and flip and tumble to recorded music. The men's routines will be accompanied by silence. The reason for the disparity dates back almost a century, when female gymnasts competed for the first time at the Olympics and rules for their events were established. Experts in gymnastics say expectations for female athletes were different then.More Related News
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