Older athletes (older like in the mid-late 20s or even 30s) will be stronger, faster, more disciplined, more experienced, than their 14-16 year equivalents. Is it just flexibility? There are circus contortionists and yoga enthusiasts that are incredibly flexible into their 30s or later.
I can’t think of any trait unique to gymnastics that other sports don’t also require to explain why gymnasts are so dang young, particularly the women’s. Men’s gymnastics seems to have a much older average age.
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On a similar note, I don’t think any of the Olympic female skateboarders were older than 20. Several top performers were 14 years old. Probably similar to the gymnastics question and I was wondering the same thing. It would stand to reason you’d get better with age/experience so why were they all so young?
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