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Have you seen this yet?
Jetman Dubai and Emirates A380 above Dubai.
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Here’s another smaller system.
JetPack Aviation introduces the JB-9 JETPACK – The world’s only true JetPack. Exclusive footage of the first untethered JetPack JB-9 flights.
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World Championships November 26-29 in Odense (DEN).
A record number of Trampoline gymnasts have registered to compete at the 2015 Worlds, which also serves as the first qualification event for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games and the only qualification for The World Games, an Olympic-style event for non-Olympic sports, which will be held in Wroclaw (POL) in July 2017. …
Olympic, World Trampoline champions bounding to Odense Worlds
Click through for a summary of the leading contenders.
Banquine is an acrobatic act with a group of at least three people, with two or more bases and at least one flyer. The bases, or spotters, form a platform with their arms and hands interlocked which the flyer uses as a take-off position for somersaults and other aerial tricks.
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Vote Simone.
Meet the 2015 SI Sportsman of the Year candidates
No doubt you are offended by the tired SI bias towards Sports(man) … especially because one horse was nominated this year. 🙂
On arrival in Glasgow we heard the medal contender wouldn’t be able to compete. Happily he did earning direct qualification to Rio.
– How did you decide to be coached by Dimitris Raftis?
I decided to choose Mr. Raftis because when I asked his opinion about our other coaches, he was the only coach who had something good to say about everyone. …
He worked hard with the successful coach Dimitris Raftis and 2015 turned out to be a golden year for our champion. The 25-years-old earned 10 first place finishes in 11 appearances until he got on the podium for the world finals.
However, on the other hand, he was facing obstacles throughout the entire year: bad training conditions in a cold gym, old equipment, financial problems and then, just weeks before the beginning of the world championships, the death of his beloved father.
– Out of all the hardships of the year, which one was the worse?
– My father’s death. It was very hard for me to return to the gym.
– You had a problem with your hand before the worlds qualifications.
– I was scared for my health. A virus entered my wound and it got into the tendon of my wrist. I’m still on antibiotics. At Sunday, right before the qualifications, I couldn’t even wear my grips. Then, my doctor, Odisseas Paxinos and my coach became… psychologists and managed to make me forget the pain. …
– What were the first feelings you had when you earned the gold medal?
– Joy, sadness because I couldn’t share it with my father, excitement but also puzzlement. I asked my self “so, that’s it?” …
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Alaina Kwan, daughter of 1984 Olympic diver Andy Kwan, is going to be a Wildcat.
On September 30, 2015, International Gymnast Magazine announced that Alaina and All Olympia Gymnastics Center elite teammate, Kylie Dickson, had joined the Belarussian National Gymnastics team; despite having no affiliation to the country. …
This sparked outrage from gymnastics fans …
I doubt we’ve heard the end of that issue. My guess is that FIG Executive will be revisiting the requirements for change of nation status.
Thanks Tom.
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