A gymnast on the uneven bars hung upside down with her legs split wide and her ponytail dangling toward the mat. The red leotard caught the arena lights. Her grip on the bar looked relaxed, which is the most unsettling part of the photo — she treated the position like a park bench while hanging inverted three meters off the ground.
Uneven bars routines last about 30 seconds and contain transitions that the human eye cannot track in real time. The camera can. This particular transition required a catch-and-hold between the high and low bar, and the hold placed the gymnast in a position that looked comfortable only to someone whose joints operate on a different tolerance scale. She released, swung to the next element, and stuck the landing. The photo stuck around longer.
