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Floor

The Floor is a gymnastics as well as an Artistic Gymnastics apparatus. It is used by male as well as female gymnasts.

Dimensions:

Length 12 m

Width 12 m

Additional safety border 1 m

In most competitive gymnastics the floor has springs and/or rubber foam and plywood in them which make the floor bouncy and enables the gymnast to get height when doing tumbling and jumps. The exercise time is up to 70 seconds for male and up to 90 seconds for female.

Permanent link Floor - Modification date 2020-01-23 - Creation date 2020-01-23


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