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A gymnastics beam stands 1.25 metres high

The beam is 5 metres long and only 10 centimetres wide on top The beam is padded and covered in suede so gymnasts can grip it. Routines last up to 90 seconds and include acrobatic elements as well as turns and jumps. Falling off costs a deduction and the gymnast must remount within a set time. It sits in Mondo's sports collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The beam is 5 metres long and only 10 centimetres wide on top. The figure is taken from Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a sports fact?: Yes. It sits on the Sports shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.