You Hao Parallel Bars @ Chinese Nationals

[Denn]

The new code was written for You Hao. And even though he just turned 33, he's sticking around to milk it!

As of January, guys now only need 8 skills instead of 10. So most guys dropped two C or D skills. He took out his Peach HS and Healy (Used to both be Ds, but Healy was dropped to C, which made sense).

But he gained back almost all of that — four of his release skills are double flips, and they all went up in value. He also got the stick bonus. So he lost 0.7 but gained 0.5.



I'd love to see him medal again at Worlds, one last time. Great gymnast.

 

[Snowfan]

I just got done watching the 22 Euros, and seeing Kim Bui's last comp always makes me tear up. I love seeing these "Past their Prime/Old Timers" continuing in the sport. The progress gymnastics has made in the last 30 years regarding when you're too old to compete is great for the sport.

 

[Denn]

I don't remember there every being a Chinese MAG to compete so long. Not even close, in fact.

Yet there's also Liu Yang. He's 31.

And Xiao Ruoteng is 29. Gosh, I feel like it was just a few years ago when he won the AA at Worlds and Uchimura's reign ended. Sheesh.

 

[OnoNoKomachi]

He was third on SR at Chinese Nationals. The Chinese love to put ring men up in team worlds. If he stays healthy and consistent, we could see him in 2026.

 

[Denn]

They do, and I would love that... but they also have Zou Jingyuan, who is just as good as him and, lately, even Liu Yang — Zou Jingyuan beat him in qualifications at the Olympics and lose the gold in the final by less than 0.1.

You Hao probably should develop a second specialty. And it's not going to be Pommel Horse, LOL. (Thankfully, they already have 2 strong pommel horse workers in Zou JY and Zhang Boheng)

 

[makam]

I like the skills in PBars, but part of me wishes it flowed more like current womens UB. The (relatively) long handstand holds do nothing for me.

 

[Aeris]

Long handstand holds are boring when it isn't on a single bar. So much easier to keep balance with two opposing bars to use.

It's at least a more interesting apparatus than Rings, but those are the bottom 2 events across all of gymnastics. They need to allow some acrobatic skills that involve swinging on these apparatus with the legs, instead of just the arms, to make it more dynamic.

 

[Passion]

The slow, perfectly controlled handstand he does on the Tippelt at 0:45 is my favorite part.