The old man of Soviet Gymnastics looks great. Has never been more verbose.
And at 5min 30sec he looks at the prototype J&F beam with a flaired end to facilitate dismounts.
GYMmedia exclusive interview with one of the worldwide most successful coach, the former Soviet and Russian men’s and women’s chief coach and long-time President of the Russian Gymnastics Federation Leonid Arkayev.
Of course Arkayev IS the world’s most successful coach, having won more World and Olympic medals than any other. But he hasn’t been at Worlds since 2003.
Click PLAY or watch a lengthy interview on GymMEDIA’s YouTube channel.
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I wonder if the wider beam will generally allow more difficult vaults (for example Shawn throwing a DLO or double-double)…or just mean that more girls would progress to fullins. Or just help the girls with bigger feet? Sorry not expressing myself well…but I wonder how this innovation would change the competietive dynamic. Who wins (more) with this change?
Oh…and Musty doesn’t get her triple around. It’s well, well, short.
Leonid was in both Aarhus and Stuttgart….I’m not sure about London
Ha. I got that from the interview. … I guess he meant as a coach on the floor.
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