Uneven Bars

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1. At the 2001 World Championships in Ghent, the Dutch team had their best finish in history, moving from 14th place at the 1999 Worlds to 5th. At those 2001 Worlds, one of their gymnasts medaled on the uneven bars. Which gymnast? Monique Nuijten Gabrielle Wammes Renske Endel Verona van de Leur

2. Who was the first woman to perform consecutive release moves on the uneven bars? Natalia Shaposhnikova Nadia Comaneci Natalia Yurchenko Nelli Kim

3. Which of these dismounts is named after Nadia Comaneci? underswing half twist to back tuck or pike forward flyaway 3/2 twist clear hipcircle to back tuck flyaway double tuck with a full twist during first salto

4. The trend in the sport has been moving more and more towards importing skills from the men's high bar and adapting them to the uneven bars. The one-armed giant is one such skill. Which Chinese gymnast became the first female gymnast to compete this move? Bi Wenjing Kui Yuanyuan Meng Fei Liu Xuan

5. What is another name for an L-grip? reverse grip regular grip mixed grip eagle grip

6. Which Chinese gymnast became the first woman to perform a Gaylord I salto on the uneven bars? Dong Fangxiao Bi Wenjing Liu Xuan Mo Huilan

7. Going into the 2002 World Championships, Svetlana Khorkina had won the uneven bars at every Olympics, Worlds and European Championships since 1994. However, at this competition, she was dethroned. Who took the title that year? Lyudmila Yezhova Laura van Leeuwen Oana Petrovschi Courtney Kupets

8. Chinese gymnasts certainly aren't the only ones who import skills from the men's high bar to the uneven bars. Which gymnast brought the Markelov to the uneven bars? Verona van de Leur Amy Chow Svetlana Khorkina Lilia Podkopayeva

9. Which of these countries was accused of falsifying age records for their top gymnast at the time, the 1991 world champion on the uneven bars? Romania North Korea China Soviet Union

10. The tucked double twisting double back (known as the double-double) dismount off uneven bars bears the name of which Russian gymnast? Oksana Fabrichnova Yelena Grosheva Dina Kochetkova Svetlana Khorkina