The Couch Gymnast has an important post called JAPAN ON THE RISE …
She highlights a somewhat unknown super talent from Japan who finished second all-around behind the unbelievable Viktoriya Komova, (who just might be the best gymnast in the world right now).
Natsumi Sasada is like the Japanese Women’s Artistic team, under appreciated and under rated.
Click PLAY or watch Natsumi Sasada’s beam on YouTube. (Superb layout Garrison mount!)
… Natsumi Sasada comes from a gymnastics family. Her mother is Yayoi Kano, a gymnast who was on five Japanese World Championship Teams. …
read more – JAPAN ON THE RISE …
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My jaw drops when I see that mount. I remember watching Kelly Garrison do that and thought it was impossible even back then. Glad to see someone else doing it too.
Oh gosh! That mount – almost laid-out!
Komova very well might be the best gymnast in the world at the moment – and yet she can’t compete at Worlds because she’s too young. That just irks me.
So glad I managed to capture that mount, and was given a heads-up from the day before. I’ve got one or two extra attempts from warmups I’ve never put on the net…must go find them!
That would be terrific, Anna. Thanks.
Thanks for the full twist mount. I can go about my day now with renewed vigor! Says a lot about my life, I know.
Superb indeed. Thanks for sharing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K-dvDL7sJs
There you go!
[...] anna filmed and posted that incredible beam mount of Natsumi Sasada at Japan Juniors. [...]
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