UNEVEN PARALLEL BARS


Meaning of UNEVEN PARALLEL BARS in English

Event in women's gymnastics in which a pair of wooden bars supported horizontally above the floor at different heights is used to perform acrobatic feats.

The apparatus allows a great variety of movements, but hanging and swinging exercises predominate. It became an Olympic event in 1936. See also parallel bars .

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