Category: horizontal bar

beginner’s guide to H Bar

Actually, this excellent post by zhoxxyy is quite comprehensive.

This guide clarifies its basics, including the mechanics, history, scoring, and the gymnasts who helped shape this iconic event.

High Bar in Men’s Artistic Gymnastics: A Beginner’s Guide

Men’s Gymnastics routines defining the apparatus

zhoxxyy:

Floor

  • Kenzo Shirai (JPN) – 2013 World Championships – Event Final
  • Carlos Yulo (PHI) – 2019 World Championships – Event Final

Pommels

  • Krisztián Berki (HUN) – 2012 Olympic Games – Event Final
  • Rhys McClenaghan, MBE (IRL) – 2022 World Championships – Event Final

Rings

  • Jury Chechi (ITA) – 1996 Olympic Games – Event Final
  • Liu Yang (CHN) – 2020 Olympic Games Event Final

Vault

  • Marian Drăgulescu (ROU) – 2004 Olympic Games Event Final
  • Jake Jarman (GBR) – 2023 World Championships – All-Around

P Bars

  • Rustam Sharipov (UKR) – 1996 Olympic Games – Event Final
  • Zou Jingyuan (CHN) – 2018 World Championships – Event Final

H Bar

  • Epke Zonderland (NED) – 2012 Olympic Games – Event Final
  • Kohei Uchimura (JPN) – 2026 Olympic Games – All Around

Watch all those routines:

The Men’s Artistic Gymnastics Routines that Shaped and Perfected the Sport

This article analyzes pivotal routines in men’s artistic gymnastics across the six apparatuses. How historic performances reshaped standards of difficulty and execution, and perfected the interaction between skill and artistry, thus enhancing the understanding of the sport’s evolution.

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VIDEOS – most difficult Men’s Gymnastics skills

zhoxxyy posted animated video clips of the highest rated skills in the Men’s code as of 2025:

Which are the most difficult skills in Men’s Gymnastics?

Get ready to dive into the hardest skills in men’s gymnastics, the ones that can make or break a routine. From the elusive H-rated elements on Parallel Bars and Pommel Horse to the jaw-dropping J-rated feats on Floor, we uncover the history, the evolution, and the gymnasts behind these gravity-defying elements.

Hidetaka Miyachi (JPN) at the 2017 World Championships in Montréal where he submitted his eponymous skill, currently the element with the highest rate on High Bar in the MAG COP

Triple Pike – Men’s Gymnastics

Floor, H Bar, Rings.

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tramp drill for Jaeger

See more on How to Gymnastics – Trampoline Drills for Uneven Bars – Release Moves

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understanding Men’s Gymnastics scores

Men’s Gymnastics competitions are fantastically competitive and exciting

Much more exciting than women’s, in comparison.

BUT very few of the general public understand much about the scores. Since we dropped the “perfect 10”, it’s not worth bothering to look at the number for most fans.

zhoxxyy simplifies it for us:

How to Read Gymnastics Scoring in 60 seconds?

Twists & Turns – Jr Worlds Apparatus Finals – Day 1 VIDEOS

Click PLAY or watch Day 1 Highlights on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch Day 2 Highlights on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch MORE Day 1 Highlights on YouTube.

Men’s & Women’s All-Around Final at Jr Worlds – day 2

Beam

Enjoyable Beam Final, for a change. Only 2 falls. All finalists showed some excellent Gymnastics.

🥇 Xiang Yina 🇨🇳 14.133
🥈 Minamino Yume 🇯🇵 13.800
🥉 Caroline Moreau 🇺🇸 13.600

Floor

Elena had a 0.3 deduction for out of bounds.

🥇🇯🇵 NISHIYAMA Misa 5.3/8.233 – 13.533
🥈🇫🇷 COLAS Elena 5.6/7.900 -0.3 – 13.200
🥉🇫🇷 PRAT Maiana 5.3/7.866 – 13.166

Vault

A good final. The medalists would be very competitive in any Sr. competition.

Dukhno STUCK Yurchenko 3/1 twist. A Vault motor genius.

🥇 Arsenii Dukhno ◻️ 14.333
🥈 Sol Scott 🇬🇧 14.066
🥉 Evan McPhillips 🇬🇧 13.950

P Bars

Fun Final with some great Gymnastics. Some unique skills.

Seems there is no tie-break.

🥇 Camilo Vera 🇨🇴 13.866
🥇 Ojima Nao 🇯🇵 13.866
🥉 Yang Lanbin 🇨🇳 13.600
🥉 Leykin Danila USA 13.600

H Bar

Last routine at an excellent Jr World Championships was Camilo VERA from Colombia. He shocked the very savvy audience connecting Cassina to Kolman. Then sticking dismount. A deserving World Champion.

🥇 Camilo Vera 🇨🇴 14.533
🥈 Danila Leykin 🇺🇸 14.233
🥉 Karl Eldrew Yulo 🇵🇭 14.000

Home fans even happier with Yulo the 2nd collecting his 2nd individual apparatus medal.

Top 3 all stuck dismount collecting 0.1 bonus.

Camilo VERA won P Bars and H Bar. I’m still thinking about putting down a wager on Columbia qualifying a full team to the L.A. Olympics. 😀