Your Road to the Olympic Team - How to Become an Olympic Gymnast

By Amy Van Deusen, About.com Guide

Gymnastics is one of the most popular sports in the Olympic Games, and star gymnasts often end up as household names. People all around the world know who Nadia, Olga and Mary Lou are, even without their last names.

Want to become an Olympic gymnast? Currently, women's artistic gymnastics, men's artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, and trampoline are all Olympic events. Here’s how to get started.

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• Become an Olympic Gymnast
• The Governing Bodies of Gymnastics
• Requirements to Be on the Olympic Team
• How to Become an Olympian

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