Gymnastics
Choreographed and judged sports: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline, acrobatic and aerobic gymnastics.
9 sports in gymnastics.
Acrobatic Gymnastics
Partner gymnastics — 2 to 4 athletes perform balances, dynamic throws + catches on floor. FIG-recognized 1999 (previously separate federation IFSA since 1973). Not Olympic. Events: mixed pair, women's pair, men's pair, women's group (3), men's group (4). Russia + China + UK + Belgium dominant.
Aerobic Gymnastics
Choreographed 60-second routine of aerobic dance moves and gymnastic strength / flexibility elements to music.
Artistic Gymnastics
Olympic sport in which gymnasts perform short choreographed routines on apparatus — men on 6 events (floor, pommel, rings, vault, parallel bars, high bar), women on 4 (vault, uneven bars, beam, floor) — judged on execution and difficulty.
Cheerleading
Team performance sport combining tumbling, jumps, stunts (partner + pyramid lifts), and dance in 2:30 routines — competed on spring floor mats, judged on difficulty + execution — plus traditional sideline cheer at football + basketball games.
Pole Sports
Judged athletic sport on a vertical pole — spins, holds, inverts and flexibility elements in choreographed routines.
Power Tumbling
FIG gymnastics discipline — athletes perform 8-pass acrobatic sequence on 25m sprung rod-floor track. Not Olympic. Skills combine somersaults + twists (whipbacks, layouts, full-ins). Governed FIG since 1999. Popular in USA, Russia, France, UK.
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Women's Olympic sport combining dance, ballet, and gymnastics with hand-apparatus (rope, hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon) — performed on a 13×13m floor to music, judged on difficulty and artistry.
Trampoline Gymnastics
Gymnastics discipline — athletes perform aerial acrobatics on trampoline. Invented 1936 by George Nissen + Larry Griswold (Iowa). Olympic since Sydney 2000 (individual + synchronized). Athletes reach 8+ meters height performing multiple twisting somersaults. China + Russia + Belarus dominant.
Trampoline Gymnastics
Judged aerial acrobatics on a competition trampoline — 10 skills, up to 8 m of height per bounce.