0 the usually rounded part that sticks up at the front of a saddle (= seat for sitting on a horse) --
The parallel bars, horizontal bar, vault, and pommel horse scores for each gymnast were summed to get the combined score.
The pommel is always of wheel form, sometimes very wide and flat.
He had less success in the individual events, contesting the parallel bars, horizontal bar, vault, and pommel horse without earning any medals.
The hilt is often padded red with a non-ornate blue pommel.
Much lighter than the hussar szabla, the karabela had an open hilt with the pommel modelled after an eagle's head.
He even appeared on the show once, to do a gymnastics routine on the pommel horse.
At the world championships, he won a gold medal in the pommel horse in 1981 and a bronze in the team competition in 1978.
Two elements in artistic gymnastics, one on pommel horse and one on parallel bars are named after him.
