Showing posts with label Glasgow 2015. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Glasgow 2015. Show all posts

Friday, January 29, 2016

You Hao & Fan Yilin Documentary

 Saw this link from tumblr http://m.cctv.com/dc/v/index.shtml?guid=9f5975e589cb4cce84a03c7ff6782c7a&code=860010-1145020500

It's a documentary on You Hao and Fan Yilin. There are English subtitles. They were the only Chinese gymnasts to win gold in 2015 world championships. I found this documentary good for the You Hao part. There's not many fans and news about China's MAG. It's good to get to know things about their team. And it's especially good that I got to know more things about You Hao. It's something worth watching since this time of the season is slow gymnastic news.

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

China's Gold Medal Performances || Glasgow 2015

I'm happy You Hao came in to win this finals. Depending on your style preference for pbars I think this is the type of exciting pbar routines that should win. I'm seeing him make China's Rio team.


Then there is Fan Yilin. I love her bar routine. It's elegant and pretty. At first seeing this routine for the first time I thought she struggled and had a dead hang after her geinger release skill but no she did good.

Monday, November 2, 2015

Quick Thoughts on Glasgow 2015

Oh man I don't know where to start. I'm a lazy blogger :P.

Overall I liked this world's championships. I liked how they introduced the gymnasts into the competition arena. I was able to watch almost all the competition live. There were many intense moments in MAG team finals and AA. I was thrilled for Japan finally winning team gold and it was nice to see team Great Britain celebrate history winnings for both MAG and WAG.

I loved Kohei Uchumura and Simone Biles showing that they are the bosses. Sometimes I wish the winners didn't make visible errors because sometimes it's anti climatic but it doesn't really matter because it also shows how dominant a team or individual is.

I think this might be the first time that I agree and is happy about all the medal rankings. There were many great gymnastics. I don't even know where to begin with. Check out my tumblr to see the things I liked agymnasticsfan.

One thing that did bother me about this championships was the 4 way tie. I know, I know it's nice to see people tie and it's positive but I honestly think the judges could have tweaked this final a lot better. I mean it's nice and all and it was Halloween but 4 way tie, argh. I know there are possibilities for ties but I suspect tweaking going on. That's just my opinion. I would have place Viktoria Komova the true winner above them all. I know she has her flaws but I prefer hers out of all the other three girls. If anything Fan Yilin was my other favourite except for the dead hang. I really like her elegant bar work.

And of course I was nervous for all my favourites but they all pulled through :). I'm happy Afanasyeva was able to keep her nerves calm and perform her routine to clinch 2nd after the amazing Biles. I just really like Afan. She has this presence like no other that night. She gets away with movements and style. She just has it. Her routine has really grown on me. I like how she moves.

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Maria Paseka UB Glasgow 2015 Podium Training

Nice routine and I'm hoping lots of success for her. I hope she medals on vault or even win :)


Afanasyeva's BB & FX || Glasgow 2015 Podium Training

Oh Afan. She is my favourite to watch on the Russian team. Her beam is lacking in difficulty but it's nice to see her helping the team on this event. I had to giggle a bit at her mount sequence. I blame it on her kidney situation :P. I wish she could keep a consistent stable routine. Her composition is always changing and I can see she is doing a 180 leg split turn now. We'll see what she does in qualification.


On floor nothing unusual to report except for the weird music that I only like because I'm bias :P. I still like the way she moves and I can see she was trying to be creative and playful in this routine but somehow it didn't work. I like the short low floor choreo though and she has one of the best double L-turns in the world. Sadly I think she'll get lots of corner deductions and she'll have to hit the hell out of this routine to accomplish something amazing at this championships. I'm not expecting much from her this competition. It's just nice to see her competing at worlds again. I'm wishing her good luck.


Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Simone Biles || Glasgow 2015 FX Podium Training

Still dislike the music but she is an amazing floor worker. My favourite to win floor and AA titles.


Monday, October 19, 2015