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The Olympic Games brings together the best gymnasts in the world. Studying the changes in anthropometric measurements of the Olympic all-around gymnastics champions can demonstrate how the size and shape of the athletes have changed over time.

Gymnasts have generally always been small, as it gives an advantage of better balance and easier rotation in the air, though the diminutiveness of the female gymnasts in particular has been more pronounced in recent times.

The following quote highlights the turning point in the 1970s (Nauright and Parrish, 2012).

"Until the 1970s, Olympic [female] gymnastics medalists were typically 22-23 years old, 5 feet 3 inches tall, and 120 pounds.

However, at the Montreal games in 1976, changing body types were evident on the competition floor; the average ages and dimensions of winners were shrinking: The typical age was 16.6 years; the