At Olympic Games (OG) 1896 in Athens all-around competition in gymnastics was not a discipline. First time all-around title in gymnastics at OG was awarded in Paris in the year of 1900, however there were no apparatus awards given until OG 1924 in Paris. The article shows a historical research and follows development of OG all-around medallists and their success with relation to winning medals on individual apparatus. In Paris1924 Leon Štukelj (Slovenia, ex-Yugoslavia) won all-around and horizontal bar gold medal. Since then all-around medallists shared very different success in apparatus ranking. The last multiple winner was Vitaly Scherbo (Belarus, ex-Soviet Union) who at OG 1992 won all-around and three apparatus finals (rings, vault and parallel bars). Since then such achievement has not been repeated yet. With open-ended difficulty value in the Code of Points and special competitions held by FIG for apparatus specialist, the doors are opening to more apparatus specialists to attend OG and chances to repeat Scherbo’s success are getting smaller

Thermal imaging is used in various fields of industry and research to measure temperature and its possible differences. Since there is a lack of research and literature on palm temperatures and prevention of blisters on hands, our question was how palm temperature differs in human hands after different loads (Hang and Swing in Hang) for 30 s on a high bar. Thirty-eight students from the Faculty of Sport at the University of Ljubljana were measured with a high-quality thermal imaging camera. Palm temperatures were measured before the load was applied, immediately after and every 30 s for a period of 5 min after the load. Each hand was divided into nine different regions of interest (ROIs). Mean (XA), standard deviation (SD), maximum and minimum, and number of pixels were calculated. We found that there was no difference between the left and right hand. The temperature right after the load was applied decreased significantly for both loads and then increased above the level before the load was applied. After the static load, the temperature reached a constant higher level after 3 min. After the dynamic load, the temperatures continued to increase throughout the measurement period. Further investigation is needed to determine the time period in which the hand temperature reaches the temperature before the load is applied.

The temperature of palms and their differences after different loading have not been well studied. Our research question was how palm temperature differs in human hands after different 30-second loads (handstand and swinging in handstand) on low parallel bars. A high-quality thermal imaging camera was used to measure 38 students from the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of sport. Palm temperatures were measured before the load was applied, immediately after load and every 30 seconds for a period of 5 minutes after the load. Each hand was divided into 9 different Regions of Interest (ROIs). Mean (XA), standard deviation (SD), maximum and minimum, and number of pixels were calculated. According to our results, there was no difference between the left and right hands. The temperature immediately after loading decreased significantly in both loads and then increased above the level as before loading. After static loading, the temperature decrease is smaller and then increases faster than after dynamic loading. For both loads, the temperature is higher 5 minutes after the load than before the load. We need to further investigation how long it takes for the hand temperature to reach the pre-load temperature.