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2. Grip (gymnastics) - Wikipedia

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   A grip in use on the high bar. Grips are devices that are worn on the hands of artistic gymnasts when performing on various apparatus. They are worn by female gymnasts on the uneven bars, and by male gymnasts on the high bar and still rings; it is rare to wear them on the parallel bars.

3. Hand guard - Wikipedia

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   Hand guards are devices worn by athletes in artistic gymnastics. Gymnasts use various types of hand guards: Grips are used on the uneven bars, high bar, still rings and parallel bars to enhance the gymnast's grip and, in the case of bar exercises, to reduce friction between the gymnast's hands and the bar. [1] [2]

4. Uneven bars - Wikipedia

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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 ...

5. Simone Biles will attempt a new gymnastics skill on uneven ...

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   Simone Biles is attempting to get another signature skill named after her at the Paris Olympics. Biles, a seven-time Olympic medalist, submitted an original skill on the uneven bars to the FIG ...

6. Giant (gymnastics) - Wikipedia

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   A giant is an artistic gymnastics skill in which a gymnast rotates 360 degrees around an axis while in a fully extended position. It is performed on the uneven bars in women's artistic gymnastics and on the parallel bars, horizontal bar, and rings in men's artistic gymnastics.

7. Horizontal bar - Wikipedia

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   The overhand grip, or regular grip, is the standard grip used for the horizontal bar. On the overhand grip, the hands circle the bar with the backs of the hands facing the gymnast. [4] A dorsal grip (also known as the dorsal hang) is an overhand grip employed while the gymnast's legs pass through the arms into a "skin the cat" position. [5]