Editing Gymnastics (section)

===Mallakhamba===
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[[File:Mallakhamb gymnast (13288825264).jpg|thumb|150x150px|Rope mallakhamba]]
Mallakhamba ([[Marathi language|Marathi]]: मल्लखम्ब) is a traditional Indian sport in which a [[gymnast]] performs feats and poses in concert with a vertical wooden pole or rope. The word also refers to the pole used in the sport.

Mallakhamba derives from the terms ''malla'' which denotes a wrestler and ''khamba'' which means a pole. Mallakhamba can therefore be translated to English as "pole gymnastics".<ref>{{cite news|title=Indian roots to gymnastics|url=http://sports.ndtv.com/othersports/athletics/34909-indian-roots-to-gymnastics|newspaper=NDTV – Sports|date=6 December 2007|location=Mumbai, India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610183625/http://sports.ndtv.com/othersports/athletics/34909-indian-roots-to-gymnastics|archive-date=10 June 2014}}</ref> On 9 April 2013, the Indian state of [[Madhya Pradesh]] declared mallakhamba as the state sport. In February 2019 the first Mallahkhamb World Championship was held in Mumbai