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Walkover: A gymnastics floor and beam move where a gymnast moves
from a standing position through a handstand position to a standing position
while "walking" through the air with the feet. Starting from standing on
one foot, go through inverted split and one footed bridge positions to
return to stand. Can be done forward and backward.
Wells: A men’s parallel bar named after Trent Wells. The
skill is a giant swing backward with in-locate forward. The skill
has been rated by the F.I.G. as a ”D” level skill.
Whip Back: A backwards somersaulting tumbling movement similar
to a back handspring, except that the hands don't touch the floor.
Whips are used as both direct and indirect connections into other tumbling
skills.
White: An uneven bar skill named after Morgan White. It consists
of a front stalder into an L-grip to handstand with ½ turn in handstand.
It has been rated by the FIG as a D level skill and its FIG number is 6.403.
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