Gymnasts notice something unusual during balance beam final at 2024 Olympics

@explainingit26 on Instagram: "🤸‍♀️ The forbidden move gymnastics never allowed again The so-called M loop went down in history when Olga Korbut performed it at the Munich Olympic Games. It was a full rotation on the high bar, with a moment of complete loss of hand support — something considered extreme even for elite gymnasts. The impact was so big that, shortly after the Games, the International Gymnastics Federation officially banned the move due to the real risk of serious falls. The result

Zhoxxyy Artistic Gymnastics on Instagram: "The High Bar Finals at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games were unusual. Tokyo 🇯🇵: 4 gymnasts fell, 2 of them twice. Paris 🇫🇷: 6 gymnasts fell, including both bronze medalists. Same apparatus. Same Olympic final. The most prepared athletes in the world. Falls don’t happen in isolation. When they repeat, across different Games and under different conditions, it’s worth asking what exactly is being tested, and whether it’s still just gymnastics. In Tokyo,