gymnastics apparatus
Beam or rings
A gymnastics apparatus is any of the specialized equipment used in competitive gymnastics—vault, uneven bars, balance beam, floor exercise mat, pommel horse, rings, parallel bars, or horizontal bar.
Each apparatus tests different skills: strength, balance, flexibility, or acrobatic ability.
She scored highest on the vault apparatus.
- balance beamElevated narrow plank for routines
- floor exerciseApparatus-free gymnastics event
- pommel horseHandled gymnastics apparatus
- vaulting horseGymnastic apparatus for leaping
- springboardFlexible platform for jumping
still rings · rings · high bar · horizontal bar · uneven bars · trapeze · trampoline · spring floor · parallel bars · climbing ropes · crash pad · buck · landing mat · rebounder · monkey bars · foam rollers · cargo nets · resistance bands
- gymnasticsbalance beam, floor exercise, handstand, parallel bars, back handspring
- Cold War SportsMoscow Olympics, doping scandal, sports schools, Nadia Comaneci, Olympic medals
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