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Baton twirling
Twirling baton, 2010
First contested
Europe and Asia, 19th century
Characteristics
Contact
No
Mixed-sex
Yes
Type
Gymnastic sport
Equipment
Baton
Presence
Country or region
Worldwide
Olympic
No
Paralympic
No
World Games
1993 (invitational)
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the ace of the batontwirling team. Inspired by Mahiru's skills at a batontwirling meet, she requested to incorporate batontwirling into cheerleading...
acts by the age of 13. She also received instruction in acrobatics, batontwirling, juggling, ice skating, piano, and violin. In 1952, Lewis and her puppetry...
the movie in Arkansas, Remick lived with a local family and practiced batontwirling so that she would be believable as the teenager who wins the attention...
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of their best members, to perform combination shows of dance, music, batontwirling, acrobatics, gymnastics, and more. In February 2007, the Buffalo Bills...
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the first Tokyo Idol Festival (TIF). In October, the group formed the baton-twirling sub-unit Twinklestars, with seven members; in November, the group released...
'They meet for the first time when she is in her front yard practicing baton-twirling,' begins his review of Badlands. Often, he managed to smuggle the basics...
the camp, trying out Japanese and American hobbies before taking up batontwirling. Jeanne returns to her religious studies and is about to be baptized...
Armwrestling International Federation of Armwrestling (IFA) Batontwirling World BatonTwirling Federation (WBTF) Beach tennis International Federation of...