FIG – single point of failure

Yet another piece of FIG approved equipment fell in competition, this time in Iceland.

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This is a serious and obvious design flaw in FIG approved Bars, Rings and Horizontal Bar.

Earlier in 2013, another Gymnova H Bar fell over a pit in Iceland.

Another example …

Examiner – Notes from Cottbus 2012:

… The high bar collapsed on Croatia’s Marijo Moznik (who is a World Cup gold medalist on the event) in training at Cottbus, prompting organizers to spend half the night looking for other equipment failures (turns out the high bar fell became it had become dislodged from its anchor on the floor). Moznik’s foot was X-rayed for fractures, and though it does not appear to have any broken bones …

Here’s the most famous in history.

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Any engineer can tell you that any structure that can fall due to a single point of failure is badly designed. If only one equipment manufacturer came up with a design that could not fall if one anchor failed, FIG would make it the new standard.

Why does the FIG not require a double tie down system?

Thanks Gummi.