@article{Tankusheva_2021, title={COMPONENTS OF DIFFICULTY IN THE BEAM ROUTINES OF THE 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES}, volume={49}, url={https://ikm.mk/ojs/index.php/kij/article/view/4505}, abstractNote={<p>The beam is a balanced apparatus and one of the most difficult in women̩ˈs gymnastics. In many cases, the women̩ˈs gymnastics competition, regardless of its rank, is decided by this apparatus. The aim of the present study is to follow the compositional structure of the beam routines of the eight finalists of the Tokyo Olympics 2020. Subject of the research is the combinations of the finalists of beam. The methods of video surveillance and recording of the combinations of beam are applied. The results were processed using variation analysis. The analysis of the routines of the eight finalists of the beam shows that the competitors included in their combinations an average of 16,125 exercises. The largest number are the exercises with high difficulty from group "D" – an average of 5 pieces,  having priority acrobatics elements. From the analysis of the results for the compositional structure, it is clear that in all the competitors there are multi-peak graphs composed of exercises with high difficulty. Regarding the value of the connections, the highest sum of 1.2 points is observed in the champion of the beam - G. C. (CHN), with an average for the analysis - 0.6125 points.</p>}, number={6}, journal={KNOWLEDGE - International Journal }, author={Tankusheva, Nikolina}, year={2021}, month={Dec.}, pages={1311–1316} }