August 4, 2021
Wright Lab graduate student Emily Kuhn is a former level 10 gymnast who is now studying for her Ph.D. in physics at Yale. She explains the physics of gymnastics in a video for WIRED called “The Physics Behind Gymnastics, Explained (Vaults, Tumbles and Flips)”.
The description for the video on YouTube says that Kuhn “explains all the math behind the amazing flips and turns we see during the Olympic gymnastics competitions,” including “why ‘The Biles’ tumbling routine is so difficult as well as the types of forces acting on these gymnasts every time they use the uneven bars.”
See the video at the link below.
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