Category: Gymnastics

Shang Chunsong – World Parkour Champion

Fan favourite, Shang Chunsong, was captain of the bronze medal-winning team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Additionally she represented China at the 2013, 2014, and 2015 World Championships where she won silver with the team at the latter two.

Domestically she is the 2015 and 2016 Chinese national all-around champion.

In Parkour she is the 2024 World freestyle champion.

FIG Parkour World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan on November 17, 2024. 

Today she’s a Gymnastics coach training Parkour independently.

… the 28-year-old said via her personal Weibo account that the world title has helped make up for the regrets she had in gymnastics and her next goal is the World Games in 2025.

The gold medal finish ensured her automatic qualification for the World Games 2025 Chengdu, scheduled to take place in August in Southwest China’s Sichuan Province. 

Former Chinese gymnastics captain makes history in parkour

She competes a LOT of difficulty.

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slo-mo Double Pike

Interesting angle.

Bart – 4 connected Kolmans

Looks like he could have done more. 😀

https://twitter.com/2023igmedia/status/1750598118733701121

Hashimoto Daiki – CASSINA to KOLMAN

Old code.

evaluating Ezhova

I’m hopeful judges will get more discriminating in the next quadrennial.

This very cool skill should finish square on regrasp. And show sufficient height.

Tap Swing conditioning

Short bodies with short limbs are not mechanically suited to do good Tap Swings. I find coaches spend too much time on this basic when it’s in a compulsory.

Easier is to have them condition. And introduce long swing on Rings. WAIT for them to grow before expecting a good Tap Swing.

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