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Gym Terms - M
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Master of Sport:
The term used to refer to a gymnast competiting at the highest level of the sport in the USSR. Still used in Russia and other former Soviet republics.

Mat:
Safety equipment used in gymnastics to break falls.

Meet:
A commonly-used term for a gymnastics competition.

Mill circle:
Revolution on the high bar or uneven bars in which the legs are astride and the bar between them

Mixed grip:
Holding a bar with the palms in opposite directions

Mount:

A skill which gets the gymnast onto the apparatus

Movement:

One part of a routine. Also called a 'skill'