Comments on: Crazy acrobatic gymnasts

By: Steve57

Steve57 — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 02:21:24 +0000

This is no doubt going to constitute TMI. But every so often I think about what it would be like to have sex with a Russian gymnast. And then I realize I’d be dead inside of two minutes.

A Chinese gymnast, 90 seconds, max.

By: Philip

Philip — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 00:52:24 +0000

I was terrified. By the end, I half-expected the little one to stand on her head and lift each of the bigger girls on one of her big toes while rotating on her pinkies.

By: JMJ

JMJ — Wed, 07 Sep 2016 17:17:04 +0000

“try doing a 200-degree split and balancing her on the end of your foot and see what that feels like.”

I thought my knee was going to break just watching that move.

By: Sergey

Sergey — Wed, 07 Sep 2016 10:16:17 +0000

See this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZYPcdj_wn4

By: Sergey

Sergey — Wed, 07 Sep 2016 10:03:29 +0000

miklos000rosza: This is exactly what happened to Yelena Mukhina once famous for impossible salto 540 degrees on uneven beams. She broke her neck at training session and became completely paralyzed, but hardly anybody heard about it from the news.

By: Sergey

Sergey — Wed, 07 Sep 2016 09:06:20 +0000

Cartilage displasy is a systemic abnormally often resulting in an opening between left and right cardiac atrium which needs surgical correction. But it often ignored and left undiagnosed. My daughter and her husband spent a fortune to provide an operation in Germany for their daughter, which is off reach for most Russian children with this condition. But sporting activities are free with government paying all expenses for this, but not for costly heart surgery.

By: Sergey

Sergey — Wed, 07 Sep 2016 08:44:24 +0000

This degree of flexibility certainly is not a medical norm or result of extensive training. Actually, this is an inborn trait, a displasy of joint bones and cartilage. But in Russia such 4-5 years old children often are enlisted into gymnastics or choreography groups to exploit this abnormally to full extent. I know for sure because my own granddaughter was diagnosed with this abnormality, and doctor warned us not to enlist her in gymnastics, acrobatics and like activities because of her heart condition, which often accompany such displasy.

By: AesopFan

AesopFan — Wed, 07 Sep 2016 04:33:24 +0000

J.J. Says:
September 6th, 2016 at 6:55 pm
They have such acrobats in China. We went to a show in Shanghai where a troupe of young Chinese women did similar astounding things.

Amazing to find such flexibility and strength combined. I wonder how they go about finding these women.
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They give their families money, subject them to training from infancy, and probably threats if they don’t make the grade. The Soviet system was much the same; I suspect the Russian one is no greta improvement.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2381916/Stretched-limit-Seven-year-old-Chinese-acrobat-endures-brutal-training-family-chance-better-life.html

http://www.momsteam.com/team-of-experts/the-costs-the-benefits-elite-training-in-china

The results, however, are truly astonishing.
Neo, I would be very surprised if you haven’t already seen the Chinese Swan Lake.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDUN3ZKxM5s

By: Paul R

Paul R — Wed, 07 Sep 2016 01:21:43 +0000

Absolutely amazing Neo…thanks for posting it…truly charming

By: J.J.

J.J. — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 22:55:47 +0000

They have such acrobats in China. We went to a show in Shanghai where a troupe of young Chinese women did similar astounding things.

Amazing to find such flexibility and strength combined. I wonder how they go about finding these women.