The Olympic champion answers some of the most-searched questions about Olympic gymnastics.
We tape our hands usually because we have rips underneath or we're trying to prevent getting rips that will rip and bleed. And they are very painful on the uneven parallel bars, but also people will tape hands or wrists because they're experiencing a little bit of pain in their wrist and they want to kind of limit the range of motion. But the main reason is because of friction on bars and to kind of lessen the pain of the rips.That’s a funny question.
So if you're upside down, you're looking down the beam looking where you're traveling to, and that's how you kind of learn to keep more control and stay focused on safety. People are just amazed at what we are able to do from the flips and twists on the floor to the strength that it entails to do what we do on the uneven parallel bars to seeing someone flip on a four inch balance, being four feet off the ground.
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