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Re:Olympic executives cash in on a ‘Movement’ that keeps ath... by mitchty on Monday August 01, 2016 @01:13PM (#12204129)
Gymnasts as well have similar size limitations in some cases. I know my one friend growing up was pretty much devastated when she grew to 5'8" (~170cm if my head conversion is close)

She said that being too tall made the balance beam harder as you had more chance to hit your head. I think been a while so anyone can correct me.

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Re:Olympic executives cash in on a ‘Movement’ that keeps ath... by WalterBright on Monday August 01, 2016 @01:57PM (#12204479)
The taller you are, the much much harder it gets to rotate the body end over end.
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Re:Olympic executives cash in on a ‘Movement’ that keeps ath... by wldcordeiro on Monday August 01, 2016 @02:46PM (#12204855)
I'm not even that tall and I learned that growing up, learning just how to do a front flip on a trampoline was tough being a "lerpy" kid.
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Re:Olympic executives cash in on a ‘Movement’ that keeps ath... by xxs on Monday August 01, 2016 @03:02PM (#12205007)
More like 172... another issue are the longer limbs that require more strenght to balance the body
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