Catch a sneak peak look at one of Ariana Grande‘s performances at Progressive Skating and Gymnastics Spectacular, this time accompanied by Nastia Liukn on the floor exercise.
Many are raving about this fascinating interview with her folks, former gymnasts Vera Kolesnikova and Aleksandr Komov:
VK: — She cries because of you journalists!
“Another interview? How many can there be! What do they need from me?!”
After Vika had to speak in front of the president of the country, and she couldn’t do it, she became afraid of public speaking. They asked her to speak at the recent Olympians’ ball dedicated to the Russian Olympic Committee’s 100-year anniversary. You can’t even imagine what she was like the day before!
VK: — injustice! For example, when she takes the heat for someone else. Well, sometimes that happens, they dress everyone down without figuring out whose fault it is.
AK: — Lies. She never lies herself. And she tells the truth even when she knows that will get her in trouble.
Wow. This is a real insight into how the family is dealing with the pressure of being an Olympic favourite.
read more – No lies. Sovetskiy Sport Talks With Viktoria Komova’s parents (English translation)
04.01.2012
The High to Low transfer is a struggle for many kids.
Over 12min long, this tutorial has a lot of good ideas. It starts with spotting the entire skill. … Then goes into conditioning, specific orientation and drills.
After crowd sourcing opinions, Brigid McCarthy has posted part 1. Categories include:
Floor Routine of the Year
Disappointment of the Year
‘Skill’ of the Year
Most anticipated NCAA signee/recruit/freshman of the Year.
Reserve Gymnast of the Year
‘Dark Horse’ of the Year =
Winner: Phan Thi Ha Thanh, Vietnam
In the midst of impeccable Amanars, surprise Produnovas and a wealth of vault specialists, no one quite saw the Vietnamese vaulter, Phan Thi Ha Thanh coming when she took the World bronze medal.
For the record, I’m actually against this popular opinion:
Rule Most in Need of changing =
Bringing back the six-member Olympic team.
The smaller team size allows more individuals to contend for the Olympics. Given the number of spots Artistic gets from IOC, the current set-up with teams competing 5-4-3 is OK with me.
Phan would not be competing at Olympics 2012 if we still had teams of 6 /nation, for example.
I just got my hands on a review copy. It’s by Steven Low, of the gymnastics performance troupe, Gymkana.
