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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 ...
The uneven bars (known as asymmetric bars in the UK) were adapted by the Czechoslovakian Sokol from the men's parallel bars sometime before World War I and were shown in international exhibition for the first time at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. [25] They consist of two horizontal bars set at different heights.
Skill on the uneven bars, parallel bars or high bar in which the gymnast lets go of the apparatus, performs a skill in the air, and regrasps the bar. Ribbon A gymnastics apparatus used in rhythmic gymnastics. The ribbon is a long piece of material attached to a stick. Rings See still rings. Roundoff
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 ...
The kip allows the gymnast to swing below the bar to arrive in a front support on the bar. From the front support, the gymnast may then perform any number of skills. The glide kip is the most commonly used mount on the women's uneven bars. The kip has been used since the early days of modern gymnastics.
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 uneven bars is an artistic gymnastics event held at the Summer Olympics on which only women compete. Women started competing in and earning medals at apparatus finals in 1952 . [ 1 ]
5) Parallel bars 6) Horizontal bar. For female gymnasts, the Olympic order is as follows: [2] 1) Vault 2) Uneven bars 3) Balance beam 4) Floor. Olympic order is performed in a circular format, i.e. in an all-around competition where there are 24 competitors, there might be four competitors on each apparatus in the first rotation.