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 • Jan. 30, 2022
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 • Jun. 22, 2016
She won not only two golds and a silver, but the hearts of American fans who couldn’t identify the uneven parallel bars on a bet.
From Salon • Aug. 1, 2012
A Bo Diddley beat fuels "Blue Suede Shoes" as a giant prop shoe's laces become uneven parallel bars and its tongue turns into a slide.
From Reuters • Feb. 21, 2010
The Salto Comaneci, to cite one, is a twisting, back-somersaulting dismount from the uneven parallel bars that one U.S. gymnast has a forthright word for: "Madness."
From Time Magazine Archive
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