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Foto/ Sportistet sfidojnë gravitetin

Elton Tafaruci
Britain's Rebecca Downie performs on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women's qualification at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Temperaturat në Rio po i ngrenë atletet femra.

Përmes këtyre fotove të pabesueshme vijnë edhe nga garat e gjimnastikës.

Duket sikur këto sportiste po sfidojnë gravitetin.

It was a spectacular show of human strength and gravity defying skill as the world's gymnastics teams flexed their carefully honed muscles during qualifying

Tutya Yilmaz of Turkey performs a feat of incredible flexibility as part of the Rio Olympics gymnastics events

Incredible pictures from the Rio Olympics show the gymnasts in full swing as they gave impressive displays on the horizontal bar, the vault, the pommel horse and rings, as well as the parallel bars and on the floor

There were a few missteps and mishaps along the way, but for the most part the world's most agile sportsmen and women put on a spectacle of human flexibility

Team GB reached the women's team final after Ellie Downie recovered from a neck injury following a nasty fall (pictured)

Sweden's Emma Larsson competes in the qualifying for the women's Beam event of the Artistic Gymnastics

Great Britain ended the session with 174.064, leaving them in third position in qualifying after China and Russia with the USA still to perform

Tutya Yilmaz of Turkey competes on the floor during the women's qualifications on Sunday, with more action taking place on Monday

Challengers to the gold are Japan, who have dominated the sport for years and who came in second on Saturday, as well as Team USA and host country Brazil (Flavia Saraiva is pictured), who sit first and fourth, respectively

Ailen Valente of Argentina is watched by a scorer as she takes part in the floor exercise, one of the mainstay's of gymnastics

Despite some promising team members and a leading preliminary score, Team GB will have to streamline their performances if they are to secure any medals on Monday

Elissa Downie on the beam. Great Britain ended the session with 174.064, leaving them in third position in qualifying after China and Russia with the USA still to perform

Vanessa Ferrari, who is representing her country of Italy, looks composed as she attempts to navigate the balance beam

Catalina Ponor of Romania is poetry in motion as she completes a manoeuvre while taking part in the floor exercise 

Brazil's Flavia Saraiva takes to the air as she performs on the balance beam at this year's summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro

 

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