And Kocian is the team's go-to pro on uneven bars (she won the uneven bars competition at the trials).
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Biles also competed in the uneven bars Saturday, finishing fifth.
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And Hernandez is predicted to sit out on uneven bars.
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Here, Douglas embraces Russia's Aliya Mustafina during the uneven bars final.
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So far, her best score in Rio is on uneven bars.
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And only Russian Aliya Mustafina beat her on the uneven bars.
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Aliya Mustafina's golden uneven bars routine from the 2012 Olympic event finals.
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"Perfect" is Nadia Comaneci on the uneven bars at the 1976 Olympics.
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She wrote that she wanted to be more consistent on the uneven bars.
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After Nadia dismounted from the uneven bars, the digital scoreboard displayed a 1.00.
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She also qualified as one of eight finalists in the uneven bars competition.
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But after the uneven bars, Biles was in an unfamiliar place: second place.
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But the second rotation, uneven bars, was the roughest event for both women.
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And Douglas contributes to the team on the uneven bars, U.S.A.'s weakest event.
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This edge allows the US to cover up its weakest event: the uneven bars.
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Brazil had a shot to reach the podium before falling apart on uneven bars.
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Nadia Comaneci's perfect-10-earning (the first ever!) uneven bars routine in the 1976 Olympics.
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Chinese gymnast Jiaxin Tan competes on the uneven bars on Day 2 of the olympics.
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In a very close contest, Kocian took the silver in the women's uneven bars finals.
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On uneven bars, she did a solid routine, but the event is her worst one.
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Her comeback ended after a fall on the uneven bars at the 2012 Olympic trials.
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She wanted to get back to her favorite sport, gymnastics, and flip off the uneven bars.
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She also won the beam in 1964 and the uneven bars and floor exercise in 1968.
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Like when you're on the uneven bars you can't be wearing a ring because you just can't.
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Simone isn't weak on the uneven bars, but relative to her other events she is weak there.
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According to CBS affiliate WFSB-TV, Coleman had used the uneven bars to train thousands of times.
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Coaches are allowed to "spot" gymnasts for release moves on uneven bars, and that's a good thing.
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On the uneven bars, Biles, Douglas, and Kocian all landed scores above 14, with Kocian leading at 15.933.
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She was tops in the floor and beam, second in the vault and seventh in the uneven bars.
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Kocian was a favorite to take gold at the uneven bars, even though Mustafina was the reigning champion.
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Team U.S.A. is heavily favored to medal in all events, including vault, uneven bars, beam and floor exercise.
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On the uneven bars, though, their routines involve swinging and release moves for which stickiness is a liability.
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She's taking part in a number of women's events including uneven bars, beam and vault from 4:30 p.m.
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Douglas won a gold medal in Rio in a team event but finished seventh Sunday in the uneven bars.
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The women's uneven bars gold was won outright by China's Fan Yilin, who had shared the title in 2015.
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Madison Kocian Despite its dominance on the world stage, Team U.S.A. does have a relatively weak event: uneven bars.
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I bought a pair of grips (the hand guards we wear on uneven bars) for $883 with the payment.
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Madison Kocian, a 19-year-old from Dallas, is on the team for her stellar work on uneven bars.
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As expected, Douglas shined on the uneven bars, earning a score of 15.766 and a spot in the event final.
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Yesterday, Gabby Douglas competed in what was probably the last event of her Olympic career, the individual uneven bars final.
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Also that she can be consistent and earn those scores – not just in the uneven bars, but for every event.
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Mustafina defended her Olympic title on the uneven bars, edging Madison Kocian of the United States in a tight final.
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We're not sure what's more intense: seeing Raisman on the uneven bars or watching her adoring parent's reaction to her performance. .
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With Pombo's help, Werner learned to master the uneven bars and balance beam, but she really shined during the floor routine.
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It is not as if Douglas has not been hard on herself, criticizing her seventh-place performance in the uneven bars.
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Looking back at her best event, the uneven bars, is like watching a superhero use her powers for the first time.
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Previously, she'd snagged gold in the team competition, all-around, and vault, as well as a silver medal on the uneven bars.
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While Biles was just 10th in the uneven bars she still had enough to prevail in the city where she was born.
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Both Biles and Hurd are going for the all-around title on Thursday and the uneven bars title on Friday, Team USA says.
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While a mistake on the uneven bars (generally her best event) dampened her spirits, a beautiful 15.050 beam routine was a competition highlight.
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Despite her medical condition, the reigning Olympic champion secured the highest individual scores on vault, uneven bars, beam, and floors during the competition.
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She hit back with two solid performances on the vault and uneven bars to move up to fourth in the all-around qualification.
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Kocian, for example, will perform Sunday on uneven bars, to contribute to the Americans' team score and possibly vie for the bars title.
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China took fourth on a tough day for Liu Tingting, who fell twice on the uneven bars and again on the balance beam.
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Biles's group — which included Raisman and Mustafina — began their gymnastics rotation on vault and then transitioned to the uneven bars for their second event.
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The U.S. is expected to take home the gold in the team competition, and she'll also appear in the finals for the uneven bars.
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The team were on the first of two rest days before the competition resumes on Sunday with the women's uneven bars and vault final.
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She dispelled those doubts on Sunday, turning in rock solid performances in all four gymnastics apparatuses: floor exercise, balance beam, uneven bars and vault.
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Though Douglas didn't have a great meet at trials, it was her prowess on the uneven bars that earned her a ticket to Rio.
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Though her primary event was the balance beam, Coleman often practiced and performed on the uneven bars, university spokesman Patrick Dilger told the outlet.
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Read more:A college gymnast died after slipping off the uneven bars during practiceViral UCLA gymnast Katelyn Ohashi struggled with eating disorders throughout her career.
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A 20-year-old gymnast at Southern Connecticut State University has died after slipping off the uneven bars during a training session last week.
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Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci was the first to achieve it, in the 103 Olympics in Montreal, on the balance beam and uneven bars. 3.
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"I apologize if [I seemed] really mad in the stands," Douglas said in an interview after the finals for the uneven bars on Sunday.
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Guide: Table tennis U.S. gymnast Gabrielle Douglas practices on the uneven bars of the women's Artistic gymnastics at the Olympic Arena on August 215, 2130.
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As a team, the United States scored higher than any other team on each of the four apparatuses: floor, uneven bars, vault and balance beam.
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Nearly four years ago, Anna Sarol, a passionate gymnast, fell on the uneven bars in an incident that left her paralyzed from the waist down.
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While she did have some bobbles on her final two events — the uneven bars and the balance beam — she still scored 125 points in all.
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The American Madison Kocian won the silver medal in the uneven bars, and on the men's side, Alex Naddour won bronze in the pommel horse.
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Biles returns to the uneven bars with a harder dismount — a dizzying two flips and two twists in the tucked position that are unbelievably high.
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Douglas struggled on beam both nights of trials, with a fall each night, but her strength on uneven bars won her the spot on the team.
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The Olympic champion added gold on vault and silver on uneven bars during the first day of event finals at the world gymnastics championships on Friday.
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Biles competed in all four events during the three-up, three-count final and put up the highest score on vault, uneven bars and floor exercise.
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And it features them in action — on the track, mid rock face, on the uneven bars — in underwear, though not perhaps the underwear you might expect.
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Biles — who was battling a kidney stone during the competition — helped the team dominate by coming in first in the vault, uneven bars and floor exercise programs.
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She recorded the highest score in all four disciplines — the floor routine, balance beam, uneven bars and vault — to head defending champion Morgan Hurd on 57.000 points.
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" Ashton Locklear: "[She] is also in that same position where it's going to come down to uneven bars, I think, for that last spot on the team.
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She and her sister were spotted for their agility on the uneven bars by a coach who approached their father about putting both girls into intensive training.
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The American was not only first in the all-around but also vault, beam and floor qualifying and second in uneven bars through five of the qualifying groups.
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Ahead of the competition, Biles shared a Snapchat video of herself relaxing with Gabby Douglas and Maddy Kocian, who are both competing on the uneven bars finals on Saturday.
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Balance beam, uneven bars, ring and floor exercises, and de-CAT-hlon (of course) are just some of the events included — and, don't worry, the competition isn't too stiff.
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She and her American teammates are all but assured spots in the team final, the all-around final and event finals: vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise.
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Melanie Coleman, a nursing student and gymnast at Southern Connecticut State University, died on Sunday, two days after sustaining a spinal cord injury while training on the uneven bars.
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The 23-year-old also took bronze in the uneven bars to take her tally to four medals for these Games and nine over the last two Pan Ams.
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Also be sure to catch Gabby Douglas and the top qualifier, Madison Kocian, on uneven bars, as well as Laurie Hernandez and Aly Raisman on vault, beam and floor.
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On Thursday, she'll be competing in the Women's All-Around Final, before spending the weekend competing in all four individual event finals -- vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise.
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The U.S. Women's Gymnastics Team dominated the competition during the qualifying round on Sunday, with Americans finishing on top in all categories – team all-around, beam, vault and uneven bars.
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She will compete on the balance beam and uneven bars when she makes her competitive comeback but will add floor and vault a few weeks later at the national championships.
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Biles finished runner-up to Belgium's Nina Derwael in the uneven bars final but still became the first American woman to win a world championship medal on all four events.
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Back in 1976 (ask your parents), a young woman from Romania named NADIA Comaneci became the first gymnast in Olympic history to score a perfect 10 on the uneven bars.
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The 22-year-old gymnast, who already has two Olympic medals, nailed her uneven bars routine, helping her qualify for the all-around final for the second Olympics in a row.
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For sports like gymnastics, in which competitions take place in several different spaces at once, there are multiple channels: The high bar channel; the pommel horse channel; the uneven bars channel.
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In 22012, when Nadia Comaneci won a gold medal on the uneven bars with a perfect 10, she did so in a plain white leotard with three stripes down the side.
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Kids were performing acrobatics on uneven bars with the help of a coach and jumping around with an inflatable sumo wrestler, pausing to eat skewers of strawberry-and banana-shaped marshmallows.
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The scouting report on the US team for the past couple of years has been that if any evidence exists to prove that they are mortal, it's in the uneven bars.
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During Team U.S.A.'s dominating qualifying round on Sunday, the nervous parents couldn't hide their cringes and sighs of relief as Aly competed on the uneven bars, one of her weakest events.
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In a promotional video, Ginga, wears a uniform in the colors of the national flag, runs track, swims a lap, and flips through the uneven bars before taking his gold medal spot.
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She had been selected for Team U.S.A. specifically because of her skills on the uneven bars and secured a high score in the event during the qualifiers and the all-around competition.
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Laurie Hernandez, who is just 16 and finished second in the all-around, and Madison Kocian, a world champion on the uneven bars, sniffled because they had just achieved a lifelong goal.
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She cut back her portions of food, ate healthier and did simple moves in the gym: box jumps, toe raises, handstands on the uneven bars, punch front flips and handspring after handspring.
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Biles, 21, will head home to Houston with gold medals from the team final, the all-around final, floor and vault as well as silver on uneven bars and bronze on beam.
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Although suffering from kidney stone problems that briefly sent her to a hospital emergency room before the championships, Biles also claimed a silver medal in the uneven bars, won by Belgium's Nina Derwael.
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The event – one of the most hotly anticipated of the Rio games – was dramatic, with the two exceling at vault, beam and floor, with a few nail-biting moments on the uneven bars.
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Halep was presented the trophy by Nadia Comaneci, the former gymnast from Romania who this year celebrates the 24th anniversary of her perfect 10 on the uneven bars at the 1976 Montreal Olympics.
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At the Munich Olympics in 21976, Olga Korbut, then seventeen, made acrobatic use of her eighty-five-pound frame, dismounting the uneven bars by standing atop one bar and backflipping over the other.
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It was exciting when Dawes came along, and I was happy to see Amy Chow, an Asian-American and her Olympic teammate, win gold with the team and silver on uneven bars in 1996.
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Known for getting angry with herself after mistakes, she responded with a significantly improved uneven bars set and executed her double-twisting double-somersault dismount to move slightly in front of Hurd halfway through.
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A fall for Sunisa Lee on balance beam and a fumbled routine from Grace McCallum on the uneven bars left the United States with room for improvement, though both were strong in other events.
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The reigning Olympic champion secured the highest individual scores on the beam, vault, and floor, and placed second on the uneven bars just 24 hours after discovering the stone, which she still had not passed.
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Gymnast Riley McCusker was flying high at the Polideportivo Villa El Salvador, taking top spot on the uneven bars finals while weightlifter Sarah Robles picked up gold with victory in the women's over-87kg division.
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What saved Douglas, though, was that Ashton Locklear, the gymnast with whom she was competing for the team's final spot because both are uneven-bars specialists, does not compete in the floor exercise or the vault.
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In her international debut as a senior, a then 15-year-old Ohashi won the all-around title at the competition with a score of 59.199, which included impressive showings on the floor, vault and uneven bars.
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At the national championships in 2015, Hernandez won all-around gold and also medals on all four events, including gold on uneven bars, as well as silver on floor exercise, and bronzes on vault and balance beam.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - After a disappointing routine at the uneven bars women's final on Sunday, U.S. gymnast Gabby Douglas said she was upset by "negative" online comments attacking her appearance, patriotism and support for team mates.
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In Doha, Qatar, the Olympic champ, 21, advanced over the weekend to every final as the first-place qualifier for vault, floor, balance beam and all-around and the second-place qualifier for uneven bars, USA Today reported.
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At the national championships in 2015, Hernandez won all-around gold and also medals on all four events, including gold on uneven bars, as well as silver on floor exercise, and bronzes on vault and balance beam. 4.
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The team needed Douglas in the uneven bars in the team event, and at least on the vault in the qualifying for the team event, said Karolyi, who added that she would personally shape up Douglas for Rio.
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The Dallas native showed off the incredible strength that helped her take home the silver medal in the uneven bars with a difficult handstand and walkover before tossing the ball right over the plate and into the catcher's mitt.
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Her performance at the trials was shaky — she was seventh in the all-around — but she was given a spot on the team anyway, with expectations that she will help the United States on the uneven bars, her specialty.
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Four years later, in Mexico City, Caslavska turned in a performance for the ages, winning gold medals in the vault, the all-around, floor exercise and uneven bars and silver medals in the balance beam and the team competition.
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She is unlikely to win a medal on the uneven bars, which is her weakest event—she once finished fourth at the World Championships—meaning that the most serious obstacle on her quest for five golds is the vault.
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In a recent Instagram post, she hung from a set of chalky uneven bars, her feet cautiously tapping a mat as her Pilates instructor tried to encourage her to use her lat muscles when attempting that elusive pull-up.
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SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) - Madison Kocian is looking to prove she is more than a one trick pony on the uneven bars as she bids for a coveted Rio Games berth at the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team trials on Sunday.
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It also means Biles could have fallen during several of her routines — even face-planting on the uneven bars — and still have won; such is the high degree of difficulty of her routines, something that sets her apart from her competitors.
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Despite suffering kidney stone problems that briefly sent her to a Doha hospital emergency room before the championships, Biles won gold in the team final, all-around, vault and floor exercise, a silver on uneven bars and bronze on balance beam.
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Each country chooses five gymnasts to compete; three of those five compete on each apparatus (the floor, the balance beam, the vault, and the uneven bars), and those three athletes' scores in each event count toward a grand team total.
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Coming in second behind Ohashi was her teammate and then an upcoming-and-coming gymnastic star, Biles, who earned the highest score of the day in the vault and the uneven bars, scoring a 15.733 and 14.800 in her senior international debut.
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The London 2012 all-around gold medalist, Douglas failed to qualify for the competition in Rio and her Sunday routine on the uneven bars - long her strong suit - was marked by hesitations that pushed her down to the second-to-last place.
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Rounding out the squad are two newbies: 15-year-old Madison Kocian, the world champion on the uneven bars, and the charismatic 22016-year-old Laurie Hernandez, who placed third behind Raisman and Biles at the 29 National Championships this past June.
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Even in those sports where women have traditionally garnered more recognition and coverage than men, such as gymnastics, women compete in four events (uneven bars, vault, floor, balance beam), while men compete in six (parallel bars, vault, floor, high bar, rings and pommel horse).
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The result is limitless potential for scores, and as a result, what can be achieved -- internationally, the highest score ever awarded under this system was to Nastia Liukin (USA) and He Kexin (China) at the 2008 Olympics, where both scored 16.725 on uneven bars.
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But Rio hasn't been easy for Douglas, who won two gold medals at the 2012 London Olympics — a team medal and the all-around individual — but didn't qualify for the latter this time and finished seventh in the individual uneven bars final over the weekend.
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Sitting sixth after Friday's opening night of competition, Kocian tied for first in the uneven bars with Ashton Locklear but will have to up her game for Sunday's second and final round if she hopes to be included on the five-member squad for Rio.
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