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A smaller body size provides a physical advantage in gymnastics by making it easier to compact the body to achieve the rotation needed for high-difficulty maneuvers.

“this is for example why a six-foot gymnast doesn't do as well as a four foot eight gymnast because if you're big it's really hard to compact yourself in every dimension that you can in order to do the rotation”

StarTalk · Jan 2021 · 1 episode · 124K views on this topic

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