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Gymnastics has been a core Olympic sport since the very first modern Games in Athens — one of only four original sports still contested today.

The speed gymnasts reach at the end of a vault runway — equivalent to a sprinting Olympic 100m athlete.

Countries affiliated with the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), making gymnastics one of the world’s most widespread sports.

Twists performed in a Biles-II vault — the hardest vault in the code of points, with a D-score of 6.6.

Elite gymnasts train 35+ hours per week over a four-year Olympic cycle — that’s over 7,000 hours per Games.

Margin in seconds separating gold and silver in trampoline synchronisation — judged to three decimal places.