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Artistic Gymnastics PO24-50
Alice D'Amato (Italy) personifies the idea of artistic gymnastics. It was most evident in her floor exercise were her grace and movement really had a chance to shine. As I now look at this painting, I should have added some shadows on the mat just to help you see where she is in space. I imagine that is a problem for many of these athletes as they flip themselves high above the gym floor. She had that horrible fate of just missing the podium and doing so by a mere 0.132 points. Still, it was a brilliant performance worthy of both art and our praise.