This research was conducted to study the changes in result of Slovene women’s artistic gymnasts at major international competitions between 2012 and 2016. The aim of the study was to find whether the gymnasts’ scores are increasing or decreasing throughout this period.
Results of the World Cup competitions, European and World Championships and Olympic Games were acquired online, sorted chronologically and presented graphically according to two criteria - results from qualifications and finals. Individual results were separated into three parts; difficulty score (D), execution score (E) and final score (R). What is more, tables presenting the years during which the gymnast was competing on individual apparatus were made as well.
It should be pointed out that during the 2012-2016 period, some gymnasts have retired from their competitive careers, whereas some have only began to compete at the senior level. Analysed were also competition results – scores of the medal winners at the Rio Olympic Games on individual apparatuses.
The research shows that Teja Belak and Tjaša Kysselef competed the most times. At present, the two gymnasts are the most successful gymnasts and have made the most finals at competitions. T-test was used to determine that the progress in terms of difficulty and final score was significant, whereas execution score was not improved significantly. Foreign gymnasts do not exceed eleven competitions. Simone Biles competed at the most of them. It should be pointed out that Simone competed at the Olympic Games, three World Championships and the rest are the “American Cup” competitions. Sanne Wevers was the one with the most World Cup competitions. Calculated average means of difficulty, execution and final scores of Slovene and foreign gymnasts indicated that despite the visible progress of Slovene gymnasts they still fall behind the foreign gymnasts.
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