JohnSmith

Why do they now have them so far apart? is this just the new style thesedays ?

Also why is it the Chinese insist on having their coaches standing underneath them almost giving them a 'helping hand' ?

Devildog

Safety. On both counts

JohnSmith

Are the chinese not as safe as us brits then

wayne9t9

Health and safety, risk assessment etc.

JohnSmith

I really am struggling to understand how it is a health & safety issue as it only seems to be the eastern countries with the coaches running underneath the contenstants and sticking their hands in

If is was H&S then they would all be doing it

Plus I would imagine its a damn site more off putting to have someone running underneath you beign a major distraction

scud8

iTrader: (1)

Why did they change the name from asymmetric bars to uneven bars? The individual bars are even. Do not enough people understand what asymmetric means anymore?

Miniman

iTrader: (2)

Actually I think knowing that there is somewhere there may allow you to take greater risks? Securing greater points? Seems to me they should be banned from being so close

I don't think there is any point arguing Heath and Safety as gymnasts will often have falls and some even hurt themselves badly. For the uneven bars there are mats underneath after all. But all events for gymnasts are potentially dangerous and they all train in order to carry out the event properly. If H&S was an issue the event would be changed for all.

albob

it is because they are going to perform a particularly risky manoeuvre - although I doubt the coach would be much help in protecting them !!!

skoobidude

I thought at first spelling errors had occured and I was going to read a thread about...

JohnSmith

PMSL I almost wrote Bras as a deliberate mistake knowing you pervy lot

The coach touching them will lose them 0.5 points

I really don't see the point in them, if they can't do the move without the coach standing their shoving their hands in the way then they shouldn't do the move

As I said though it appears to only be the eastern countries doing it

pimmo2000

iTrader: (6)

me too, real let down ..

jazzyjembreaze

iTrader: (11)

There was an incident a few years back when after performing several fast loops then exiting the high bar the girl in question on her way down caught her feet on the lower bar / she landed on her head broke her neck & sadly died
So distance was increased throught the sport
& coaches were allowed at will to stand as guardians
That is my belief anyway to the op question

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

There's been a few moves banned in gymnastics, one was when the girl did a tumble on the floor, and landed, without hands, on her shoulders. Two young girls were paralysed with broken vertebrae.....

JohnSmith

Alcazar that move is happening now or at least it appears that way

JohnSmith

Thanks Jazzy that sounds like a decent explanation

Still damned annoying the coaches in the way though

Leslie

Since the coach's are standing in to try to protect the gymnast if they did come off the bar then I cant see why anyone should object. It is a dangerous occupatation whatever anyone says. I imagine the coach is there to try to protect the athlete from the worse kind of injury as far as is possible.

Les