PQST linked to a heart warming story – Fan Yilin Gives the Best Birthday Present to Her Coach:
During her time at Glasgow World Championships, Fan Yilin shared a room with one of her coaches, Xu Jinglei. …
“I think it’s November 1st in Beijing time? November first is my birthday, and this is the most valuable present Yilin could have given me.
“She performed superbly,” coach Xu continued, “this is her first time participating in the World championships, and the fact that she could get into the finals and experience the process of competing with the best, all the while performing to her full potential—I am extremely proud of her! …
“She knows what her D score is, so of course, she has expectations for herself, she knows how people talk about her online, how people feels that since she’s got the highest difficulty, if she can perform without error, she can reach the top of the podium. To the honest, before the actual competition, I don’t want her to hear those things, because she’s still young, I worry that she would feel more pressured and be unable to cope with it …
And how did Fan Yilin’s Bar routine go? Not well. In the end she had to SHARE her Gold medal. 🙂
Click PLAY or watch her Finals routine on YouTube.
Interestingly, she used a different dismount just a few months ago to win Chinese Nationals.
Click PLAY or watch that routine on YouTube. {6.7 + 0.1 bonus} + 8.4 = 15.2 – 1st
piibunina was there filming that meet, as he so often is. He was in Glasgow, as well. Every coach should be subscribed to his YouTube channel. He has about 7.5 million views, so far. Some really unique stuff including training hall footage from Worlds.
related – Consensus opinion online is that Komova was the best of the 4 Gold medalists. But that there is not much harm done by having no tie break at Worlds. It was fun. Nellie Kim, when asked, said that kind of thing is the decision of the FIG Executive, not the Technical committees.
Gymnastics Coaching.com 