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The uneven bars or asymmetric bars is an artistic gymnastics apparatus. It is made of a steel frame. The bars are made of fiberglass with wood coating, or less commonly wood. [1] The English abbreviation for the event in gymnastics scoring is UB or AB, and the apparatus and event are often referred to simply as "bars". The bars are placed at ...
In the current Federation Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) 2017-2020 Code of Points, a giant is a B (0.2) element on uneven bars for women, [3] and a B (0.2) element on parallel bars and an A (0.1) element on the horizontal bar for men. [4]
The Korbut flip is a gymnastics skill performed on either of two different apparatus. Both were first performed internationally by the Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut. [1]The more spectacular version of the skill used to be performed on the uneven bars, where the gymnast, from a stand on the high bar, performs a back flip and regrasps the bar.
Biles, a seven-time Olympic medalist, submitted an original skill on the uneven bars to the FIG Women’s Technical Committee for evaluation on July 25, NBC Olympics reported.
Various gymnastics apparatuses. Apparatuses shown include the horizontal (high) bar, the uneven bars, and still rings. AA Abbreviation for all-around. AB A scoring abbreviation for uneven bars, from the name asymmetric bars. A-score Under the current Code of Points, this score tallies the gymnast' counted skills, combinations and EGR. In theory ...
Shaposhnikova invented a complex transition skill on the uneven bars—a clear hip circle on the low bar with flight backward to the high bar—and it is named after her in the Code of Points. The skill, sometimes referred to colloquially as the "Shaposh", is still widely performed today; it is credited as a D element in the 2013–16 Code of ...
The Pak, or Pak salto, is a release move performed on the uneven bars in women's artistic gymnastics.The move starts with the gymnast hanging on the high bar and facing the low bar, then swinging forwards towards the low bar and performing a straight backward salto to catch the low bar.
The Comăneci salto is a gymnastics manoeuvre on the uneven bars, developed primarily by Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci. It is listed as an E-rated element in the current Code of Points . To perform a Comăneci salto, the gymnast begins in a support position on the high bar and, casting away from it, performs a straddled front somersault ...