Text 5 B. The Championships, the World Gymnastics Championships

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A world championship is a top achievement for any sport. It determines the best nation, team, individual in the world in a particular sport.

The World Championships in Artistic Gymnastics is an event organized by the International Gymnastics Federation or IGF. The World Championships held since 1903 remained for men only until 1934. Since 1934 women's artistic gymnastics (WAG) and men's artistic gymnastics (MAG) have been developing seperately. They are different in apparatus used at major competitions and techniques. WAG as it is known today, including competition in team, all-round and apparatus final events, was introduced in 1950. Currently the World Gymnastics Championships competition is divided into team qualifying round, team finals, all-round finals and event finals which take place on different days.

During team qualifying round gymnasts compete on all four (WAG) or six (MAG) apparatus. The scores are used to determine which team advances to the team finals and which individual gymnast advances to the all-round and event finals.

In the team finals the gymnasts compete on all four /six apparatus. The scores are used to determine the medalists of the team competition.

In the event or apparatus finals the top eight gymnasts on each event compete for medals. Only two gymnasts from a country may advance to each event final.

Male and female gymnasts are judged for their execution, degree of difficulty and overall presentation skills^1. In 1989 the Newlife scoring rules² were introduced according to which a gymnast's performance in team finals does not affect his or her scores in all-round or event finals. In 1996 the team competitions began to be structured differently. Compulsories were eliminated.

To compete in senior international meets a gymnast must be at least sixteen years old. Only senior gymnasts are allowed to compete at the World Championships.

Notes:

¹ for execution, degree of difficulty and overall presentation skills - зд.за исполнение

и сложность программы, а также за технику (артистизм)

² the New life scoring rules – новые правила судейства соревнований