Fan Yilin, Mao Yi and Lin Chaopan
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training at Champion Gymnastics (KY)
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Cirque du Soleil – Volta
A review.
I’m a big fan of Cirque and have seen many of their shows.
As always, the story line is silly and confusing. Something about a bullied child later quitting his reality TV show.
As always the clowns are not funny enough. The comedy bits twice as long as I’d like.
The Volta finale is excellent, however. High flying BMX with 5 cyclists simultaneous on transparent ramps. It reminds me of the Aggressive Roller Skating act in LOVE, Vegas.
Even better is Danila Bim’s solo … suspended only by her hair.
Swinging Rings. Loved it. Especially the 1-arm skills.
Most of the rest were retro acts with a twist: Rope Skipping, Acrobatic Ladder, Juggling, Unicycle, Baton Twirling. I like retro, but the twists were not entertaining enough for this fan.
The only trampolines were mini-tramp. Our gymnasts do more difficulty.
Pawel Walczewski’s aerial act on a hanging lamp was classy.
Music OK. Dance weaker than I can recall on any other Cirque show.
I’m still happy I saw Volta. But I’d have to rank it my least favourite amongst current productions.
It’s a work in progress. My guess is that it will improve over the coming months. It’s only previewed in Montreal, Gatineau and Toronto, so far.
It moves to Florida in December.
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Sam Mikulak – H Bar release combo
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training Beam at Oklahoma
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Haley de Jong wins Salamunov Memorial
1 Haley de Jong Canada 50.450
2 Petra Furac Croatia 45.300
3 Linda Hamersak Austria 45.050
full results
The new Senior won the AA and all 4 apparatus.
which gymnast just had a baby?
I’m always amazed when women quickly get back to fitness after having a child.
Sophie Scheder’s bars release
spotting Men on Horizontal Bar
Extremely difficult. A bad idea in most cases, I’d say. You are just as likely to cause an injury as prevent one.
Almost all male gymnasts try to land flat when they miss, absorbing the impact over as much surface area as possible
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2020 Olympic Qualification for Dummies
Because the FIG hates us!
The only person I know who actually understands the incredibly complicated, ever changing improvement in how gymnasts qualify to the Olympics is Cordelia.
elisaminimeneghini on Tumblr put together an infographic to try to simplify.
I still couldn’t explain it to anyone.
