EXPLAINER: How gymnastics evolved from 'exercising naked'
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FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2021, file photo, David Belyavskiy, of the Russian Olympic Committee, performs on the pommel horse during the artistic gymnastics men's apparatus final at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. At the Games, men swing around a leather-covered block with handles called a pommel horse, that in early iterations roughly mimicked the size and shape of the actual animal. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)FILE - In this July 29, 2021, file photo, Sunisa Lee, of the United States, performs on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women's all-around final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo. Gymnastics, now among the Olympics most beloved events, was born millennia ago, as young men trained for war in the buff. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2021, file photo, Lee Chih-kai, of Taiwan, competes in the pommel horse artistic gymnastics men's final at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. At the Games, men swing around a leather-covered block with handles called a pommel horse, that in early iterations roughly mimicked the size and shape of the actual animal. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2021, file photo, Andreas Toba, of Germany, performs on the rings during the artistic gymnastic men's team final at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Gymnastics, now among the Olympics most beloved events, was born millennia ago, as young men trained for war in the buff. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)FILE - In this July 25, 2021, file photo, Kim Bui, of Germany, performs on the vault during the women's artistic gymnastic qualifications at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Gymnastics, now among the Olympics most beloved events, was born millennia ago, as young men trained for war in the buff. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
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FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2021, file photo, David Belyavskiy, of the Russian Olympic Committee, performs on the pommel horse during the artistic gymnastics men's apparatus final at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. At the Games, men swing around a leather-covered block with handles called a pommel horse, that in early iterations roughly mimicked the size and shape of the actual animal. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
