How to Use uneven bars in a Sentence
uneven bars
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Lee earned three medals—gold in the team event and a bronze in the all-around and in the uneven bars final.
— Alice Park / Paris, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024 -
Lee wants to win gold in her signature event, the uneven bars, and in the team event.
— Christine Yu, SELF, 4 Oct. 2023 -
Why Suni Lee’s uneven bars bronze means more this time around.
— Rachel G Bowers, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2024 -
Suni Lee won bronze in the uneven bars yesterday, bringing her medal count for the Paris Games to three.
— Axios Twin Cities, Axios, 5 Aug. 2024 -
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.
— Eileen Finan, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024 -
In the all-around final, gymnasts must compete on all four events: vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor.
— Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2023 -
However, her Paris prospects are still promising due to her medal potential on the balance beam and the uneven bars.
— Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 27 June 2024 -
Biles qualified in first place for the all-around, vault, floor exercise and balance beam finals and in fifth place for the uneven bars final.
— Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2023 -
McClendon received a gold medal on the uneven bars and a silver medal on the balance beam at the competition.
— Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 20 June 2023 -
The American icon won five medals at the Games, including two silvers, for team and vault, and two bronzes, for uneven bars and floor exercise.
— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2023 -
Masconomet’s Bella Misiura finished fourth in the all-around and won the uneven bars.
— Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Feb. 2023 -
The uneven bars in my day were situated much more closely together, with the supports held to the floor by sandbags or weights.
— Robin Huebner, Twin Cities, 28 June 2024 -
Jones returned to compete on uneven bars, but eventually pulled out of the trials and did not compete on the second day.
— Alice Park / Minneapolis, Minn., TIME, 1 July 2024 -
Sunday’s uneven bars final – which Lee won bronze in – was the only event Biles did not participate in.
— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2024 -
Douglas, however, had a rough start on the uneven bars and decided to withdraw from the other events during the U.S. Classic.
— Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 20 May 2024 -
Without knowing the true severity of her injury, Jones pushed through her uneven bars routine and earned the highest score on the apparatus of the night.
— Deanna Taylor, Essence, 1 July 2024 -
Locklear was a two-time national uneven bars champion when, in 2016, she was named an alternate for the Olympic team.
— Juliet MacUr, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2023 -
Yet the reigning world all-around bronze medalist — whose high-flying routines on the uneven bars have gone viral — says there’s always room for improvement.
— Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 1 May 2024 -
The women’s gymnastics teams will compete across four events: vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise.
— Vic Verbalaitis, Peoplemag, 1 July 2024 -
The downtown home of the Lakers and Kings has more seats and, because it was designed to accommodate a hockey rink, more floor space for gymnastics’ multiple events, such as the vault and the uneven bars.
— David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024 -
On Saturday, the gymnast competes in the vault and uneven bars finals, followed by the balance beam and floor exercise finals on Sunday.
— Melissa Noel, Essence, 6 Oct. 2023 -
The uneven bars have historically been the U.S. team's weakest event, opening the door for teams with strong bar workers, like Russia and China, to gain momentum.
— Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2024 -
The other events — uneven bars, beam and floor exercise — were quintessential Biles: incredible height and speed, and a few small hops on landings.
— Carla Correa, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023 -
After performing on vault, uneven bars and balance beam, Lee stepped onto the mat for floor exercise needing to post a very high score to win the bronze medal in the all-around competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
— Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 3 Aug. 2024 -
Simone Biles on the uneven bars Biles drew a deafening roar ahead of her first uneven bars routine, then showed her experience to pull off a solid performance.
— Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2023 -
Rueda kept her vault and beam routines similar throughout the season, but the addition of the double back on the floor and a pirouette Maloney on the uneven bars increased the difficulty of her routines.
— Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Feb. 2023 -
In each, Lee performs a release move from the uneven bars using a reverse grip, catches some serious air, flips, and then twists completely before catching the bar back overhand.
— Christa Sgobba, SELF, 24 Jan. 2024 -
Old gymnastic events, like rope climbing, have been discarded; classic apparatuses have been traded between genders; and new ones have emerged, like the uneven bars in 1954.
— Grace McCarty, SELF, 24 July 2024 -
Jones won silver in the individual all-around and uneven bars at the 2022 world championships, behind reigning Olympic gold medalist Rebeca Andrade.
— Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023 -
Rebeca Andrade competes on the uneven bars and the balance beam at a competition in Santiago, Chile, in October.
— Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 11 July 2024
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