Editing Gymnastics (section)

=====Vault=====
{{Main|Vault (gymnastics)}}
In the vaulting events, gymnasts sprint down a {{convert|25|m|ft}} runway, to take off onto a vault board (or perform a roundoff or handspring entry onto a vault board). They then land momentarily inverted on the hands-on the vaulting horse or vaulting table (pre-flight segment) and propel themselves forward or backward off that platform to a two-footed landing (post-flight segment). The post-flight segment may include one or more saltos, or twisting movements. A round-off entry vault, called a [[Yurchenko (vault)|Yurchenko]], is a commonly performed vault in the higher levels of women's gymnastics. Other vaults include taking off from the vault board with both feet at the same time and either doing a front handspring or round-off onto the vaulting table.

In 2001, the traditional vaulting horse was replaced with a new apparatus, sometimes known as a tongue, horse, or vaulting table. The new apparatus is more stable, wider, and longer than the older vaulting horse, approximately {{Convert|1|m|ft}} in length and {{Convert|1|m|ft}} in width, giving gymnasts a larger blocking surface. This apparatus is thus considered safer than the vaulting horse used in the past. With the addition of this new, safer vaulting table, gymnasts are attempting more difficult vaults.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vault: Everything You Need to know about Vault |work=About.com Sports |url=http://gymnastics.about.com/od/gymnasticsapparatus/p/watchingvault.htm |access-date=4 October 2009 |archive-date=13 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413034433/http://gymnastics.about.com/od/gymnasticsapparatus/p/watchingvault.htm }}</ref>

[[File:Skubik on Uneven Bars 2006.JPG|thumb|Gymnast on uneven bars]]