Do gymnasts repeat their programs for the team and individual event?
Yes.
The problem with the figure skating team event is that it appears no new skaters can be added to the team- in gymnastics you have some all arounders and some specialists, and some that are both. But with figure skating, unless they do a "jump" "spin" and "program" component- it's no different from the regular competition. I guess it gives skaters who aren't the top of their discipline a chance to win a medal (US pairs, for example) but really it doesn't seem to add anything. I also really hope that it does not come before the singles competitions, because I think the top ranking skaters wouldn't want to risk their chance at an individual medal.
In Gymnastics they are still part of one team. The only difference is that they changed it to 3 Up, 3 Count for Team Finals. Before, teams had enough routines to eat a fall and make it not count with other good routines. Yes, you can choose your specialists and All-Arounders, but you cannot substitute team members after the event starts.
Figure Skating and Gymnastics aren't the same sports. It's bad to make this kind of comparison.
There are AA gymnasts who end up competing Prelims-Team Finals-AA Finals and then some Event finals on top of that.
That's a lot more work than what the typical Skater does at the Olympics, TBQH, and gymnasts train just as hard as Figure Skaters.
What I think is absurd is it has been approved for the Olympics but the details haven't been finalized.
They have 3 years to finalize them. Don't see the issue...
I'm just really sad for synchro- I know that the IOC says no additional athletes, but aren't the woman ski jumpers additional athletes? It's absurd to make up a competition when one is already being ignored (and a discipline that is dominated by countries who don't dominate the current disciplines- spread those medals around...straight to Finland)
Synchro is too political and I don't think the ISU wants to go there. It would be Skating's version of Rhythmic Gymnastics... No loss there...