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BC WINTER GAMES

Artistic Gymnastics

At the BC Winter Games both male and female athletes are 10-15 years old.  The competition format consists of a team event, all-around (the total from all 4 or 6 apparatus), and individual event finals.

There are over 40,000 registered members of gymnastics clubs in BC with an additional 130,000 people taking part in some form of gymnastics.  Gymnastics BC oversees artistic gymnastics and trampoline and tumbling in the province.  Notable alumni include Zachary Clay (2006 BC Winter Games) who is a current member of the men’s national team.

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Young gymnastics competes on the rings at the BC Winter Games.

The history of gymnastics can be traced to ancient Greece when distinct gymnastic exercises were developed as part of a regimen of physical conditioning and military training.  Gymnastics was a prominent feature of the ancient Olympics but gradually lost its popularity to gladiator-like events.

In the 1800s gymnastics experienced a rebirth due to the efforts of Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, a German educator known as the father of gymnastics.  The sport has been part of the modern Olympic Games since 1896, although the first female competition did not take place until 1952.

There are four disciplines in women’s artistic gymnastics; vault, uneven bar, beam, and floor.  For men, there are six disciplines; floor, pommel horse, rings, vault, parallel bars, and horizontal bar.  Judges award two scores after each gymnast’s performance, a D-score and an E-score.  The D-score refers to the technical value of the routine: difficulty, bonuses, and routine requirements and it has no maximum.  The E-score evaluates the execution of the routine by making deductions for mistakes such as bent legs, falls, and lack of height.  The total deductions are subtracted from 10, so in a perfect routine, the E-score is 10.0.

Facts:

D-score – technical value of routine

E-score – execution of routine

4 women’s disciplines and 6 men’s disciplines

Chalk is used to improve grip

By the Numbers

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8,500 volunteers per
Games cycle.

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5,000 participants per
Games cycle.

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45 sports included across BC
Winter and Summer Games.

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Notable Alumni

Julia Johnson

Speed Skating 2006 BC Winter Games

Julia Johnson

Speed Skating 2006 BC Winter Games

Julia Johnson

Speed Skating 2006 BC Winter Games

Julia Johnson

Speed Skating 2006 BC Winter Games

Technical Package

Rules and technical information for participating in the BC Games are specific to each Games and are established for each Games.

Technical Packages provide details of the eligibility requirements for competition as well as event and competition information. In order to fully understand the rules and requirements for participation in the BC Games, it is expected that the BC Games General Rules will also be read.

Technical Packages include:

How to qualify for the Games

Qualification for the Games varies from sport-to-sport.

Generally qualification events for the Games are held beginning 6 months prior to the Games up to about 5 or 6 weeks prior to the Games, depending on the sport. Qualifications for the Games are coordinated by the Provincial Sport Organization (PSO) and managed by the organization or the Zone Representatives – refer to the technical package for the respective sport (BC Winter Games; BC Summer Games) for contact information.

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Territory Acknowledgement

We respectfully acknowledge the lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen) People, also known today as the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations, and recognize that our work in this province spans the territories of more than 200 First Nations, as well as Métis and Inuit communities.