(The Program see here). Departure from Yakutsk down the Lena River (see the map). Viluy River. Here the Viluy River flows into the Lena River. The Viluy is 2,450km long and ends in the Viluy Sea. Zhigansk. is the first settlement beyond the Polar Circle.
Jahnâs techniques became so popular that his gymnastics techniques were adopted by the US military toward the end of the 19th century to improve hand-to-hand combat skills. Gymnastics earned a spot in the first summer Olympic games in 1896 and has been an Olympic sport ever since.
In the 1970s, the average age of Olympic gymnastics competitors began to gradually decrease. While it was not unheard of for teenagers to compete in the 1960s â Ludmilla Tourischeva was sixteen (Born October 7, 1952) at her first Olympics in 1968 â they slowly became the norm, as difficulty in gymnastics increased.