(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.
Best Answer: The word gymnastics has its origin in the Greek word GYNOS. About 2600 B.C. the Chinese developed a few activities which resembled gymnastics. The Romans followed the Greeks and they made the gymnastics as compulsory for their soldiers as part of their training. They had the ambition to conquer and they thought gymnastics could make their fighting forces supremely fit.