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  2. Pommel horse - Wikipedia

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    A gymnast on the pommel horse. The pommel horse is an artistic gymnastics apparatus. Traditionally, it is used by only male gymnasts.Originally made of a metal frame with a wooden body and a leather cover, the modern pommel horse has a metal body covered with foam rubber and leather, with plastic handles (or pommels).

  3. Vault (gymnastics) - Wikipedia

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    The horse was set up with its long dimension perpendicular to the run for women, and parallel for men. [1] The vaulting horse was the apparatus used in the Olympics for over a century, beginning with the Men's vault in the first modern Olympics and ending with the Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

  4. Equestrian vaulting - Wikipedia

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    Vaulting horses are not saddled but wear a surcingle (or a roller) and a thick back pad. The surcingle has special handles which aid the vaulter in performing certain moves as well as leather loops called "cossack stirrups". The horse wears a bridle and side reins. The lunge line is usually attached to the inside bit ring.

  5. Pommel horse specialist Stephen Nedoroscik reveals the ... - AOL

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    Nedoroscik became an American hero — and viral meme— after helping the men’s gymnastic team win the bronze medal with a seamless pommel horse routine on July 29. It was the team’s first ...

  6. Paris Olympics: Get to know Stephen Nedoroscik, the glasses ...

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    Nedoroscik's pommel horse score had the potential to raise the U.S. men onto the podium. It was a situation that required his teammates to consistently do their jobs on the other events.

  7. Glossary of gymnastics terms - Wikipedia

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    A gymnastics apparatus used by men in artistic gymnastics. It consists of two 3.5m bars. PB The scoring abbreviation for the parallel bars. PH The scoring abbreviation for the pommel horse. Pike A position where the body is bent only in the hips. Pommel horse A gymnastics apparatus used by men in artistic gymnastics.

  8. Children with disabilities perform gymnastics on a moving horse

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    These amazing children perform stunning gymnastics - on a moving horse. Daredevil trio Merryn Binnie, Skye Davidson, both nine, and Keira Macgrain, 10, do handstands, cartwheels and even backflips ...

  9. Flare (acrobatic move) - Wikipedia

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    It is a fundamental b-boying/bgirl power move, and in gymnastics it may be performed on a pommel horse or during the floor exercise. The move is commonly spelled flair in gymnastics and further may be called a "Thomas flair" after its originator, Kurt Thomas. [1] [2] [3] [4]