Graphic shows the numerous Olympic gymnastic events.
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TOKYO 2020

Olympic gymnastics

By Ninian Carter

July 23, 2021 - August 8, 2021 - The 2020 summer Olympic Games, the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, take place in Tokyo, Japan.

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games feature 339 events in 33 different sports, encompassing 50 disciplines.

Gymnastics have been contested at every Summer Olympics since the birth of the modern movement at the Athens Games in 1896, and remains one of the most popular sports to this day.

It is the second time that Japan, and specifically Tokyo, has hosted the Summer Olympic Games – the first being in 1964.

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PUBLISHED: 23/04/2021; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Associated Press
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