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Defying gravity by repeatedly betraying it, then sticking the landing anyway.
means Performing acrobatic rolls, flips, and somersaults — or, more loosely, falling or rolling about in an uncontrolled, end-over-end way.
from From the Old English 'tumbian,' to dance about or leap, related to similar words across the Germanic family and to the Middle Low German 'tummelen,' to turn or stagger. The '-le' is an old frequentative ending — it means 'to do something repeatedly,' so a 'tumbler' was literally one who keeps turning over and over. The acrobat sense came first; the drinking 'tumbler' (a cup that once had a rounded base and couldn't stand upright) earned its name from that same restless rolling.
- ancient roots
- Acrobats tumbled in Minoan Crete over bulls' backs
- spring power
- Sprung floors store and return your bouncing energy
- olympic split
- Trampoline tumbling joined the Games in 2000
- momentum trick
- Faster horizontal speed buys higher, longer flips
simone biles vault — olympic gymnast who pioneered the biles ii vault, a skill with 2 twists and 2.5 flips
power tumbling iaaf — track and field discipline on 100m runway with 8 tumbling passes, recognized by world athletics