The mushroom has become an integral part of pommel horse training. This section needs expansion. Most gyms have far more mushrooms than pommels horses. When teaching circle work on a muchroom be sure that the circles are extended and counterturned (The hips are turned slightly opposite the circle direction). Nanjing 2014 - Gold medalist Nikita Nagornyy of Russia(C), silver medalist Vladyslav Hryko of Ukraine(L) and bronze Timur Kadirov of Uzbekistan on the podium during the awarding ceremony of Medalist of Men's Pommel Horse of Artistic Gymnastics during Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province, on Aug. 23, 2014. The pommel horse (also side horse) is an artistic gymnastics apparatus. G I G II G III G IV G V Element Group I: Single Leg Swings And Scissors Scissors A Double Scissor B Double Scissor Hop Sideways C Li Ning D Mikulak D Element Group II: Circles And Flairs, With Or Without Spindles And Handstands Circle A Flair on Pommels A Flair Through Handstand Lower … Designed and built to FIG pommel horse specifications Stable body upholstered with top quality micro-fiber leather Equipped with two wood pommels Includes tie-down chain for floor anchoring Height adjusts from 100 cm to 135cm in 5 cm increments

Great Britain's Brinn Bevan prepares for the Pommel Horse element of the Artistic Gymnastics. Apparatus History. It is generally recognized that the first person to score a perfect 10 at the Olympic Games was Romanian Nadia Comăneci, at the 1976 Games in Montreal. The "front" of the circle should not be directly forward from the gymnast but slightly earlier. You can help by adding to it. Originally made of a metal frame with a wooden body and a leather cover, modern pommel horses have a metal body covered with foam rubber and leather, with plastic handles (or pommels). A perfect 10 is a score of 10.00 for a single routine in artistic gymnastics, which was once thought to be unattainable—particularly at the Olympic Games—under the code of points set by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). Traditionally, it is used by only male gymnasts.