uneven parallel bars
Americanplural noun
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an apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden bars, fixed at specific different heights from the floor on upright supports, on which women compete by performing various spinning moves and acrobatic swings.
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a competitive event on such an apparatus.
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Chiles owned the highest marks of the day with a 9.900 on the vault and uneven parallel bars, respectively.
From Los Angeles Times
She recorded still another perfect score Monday night in optional performances on the uneven parallel bars.
From Washington Times
Biles also is the first woman since Dominique Dawes in 1994 to finish first on floor exercise, balance beam, vault and uneven parallel bars.
From Washington Post
Her other two came on the vault and uneven parallel bars, finishing seventh in both.
From Seattle Times
Nichols said the recovery from her knee injury probably will restrict her to two events here, the uneven parallel bars and the balance beam, adding she expected to be “100 percent for San Jose.”
From Los Angeles Times
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