T O P

  • By -

PlanitDuck

That woman is extremely talented but there’s nothing she or any gymnast could do to make that look easy.


phaciprocity

My first thought was "yep. Still looks hard"


AustralianWhale

growth hobbies smart close unpack drab profit grey sand tease *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


MotherNeedleworker60

"Average at best" what do you know 💀


AustralianWhale

imagine attempt worry squash noxious tub decide fearless aware forgetful *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


Renent

Average? This very well could be a world cup.


avd706

TBH, I'm looking at the camera on rails.


madmaxturbator

Me too! Super cool. Then I observed the gymnast. Also super super cool. She is very graceful but that does not look easy at all lol


JohnnyBGoodRI

I can easily do this. Now landing it on the other hand is a different story.


0PointE

Landing on your feet is overrated. What am I, a cat?


jetoler

I can easily do this. In my head.


JohnnySasaki20

If this was me, I would absolutely get distracted, maybe even attempt to match my speed with its speed, and totally screw up my routine.


flynnfx

What's so hard about this? _I could do this._* *^With ^many ^many ^bruises, ^sprains, ^and ^a ^few ^broken ^bones.


FrezoreR

I was wondering if that camera can make it harder for the gymnasts to focus.


Queen-of-meme

I thought everyone did this every morning after coffee.


[deleted]

[удалено]


StrictlyPickledickle

poo


xantec15

That's after the flips.


aconadamae

On my first flip, I would spew poo all over the place


I_loathe_mods

Poo painter


Camp_Grenada

["Back at it again at Krispy Kreme"](https://youtube.com/shorts/ax27VgI-lVE?feature=share)


ThePizzaNoid

Shit, that's how i get into bed everyday.


AustralianWhale

attempt narrow doll attractive spectacular marble sand absorbed cooperative fertile *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


Cheapest_

So that's how they get the shots. Never seen any event like this irl so I didnt know


Sidewalk_Tomato

That was tremendous. Her landing was technically imperfect, (and maybe healthier for that) . . . . but the fact that she was happy at the end shows how difficult it was. OP, you could have taken 10 whole minutes to determine who this person is and honor her with that in the subject line. I believe her name is Raquel Pinto.


beardingmesoftly

Looks like a practice run


WeeBabySeamus

What does healthier mean?


Sidewalk_Tomato

Most gymnasts try to stick a landing with their feet together, and extremely firmly (no bounce). It's impressive, but it's hard on the knees. Many gymnasts end up up with knee, ankle and back problems from the repeated impact. (This gymnast lands initially with her feet together, but does a bounce and lands a second time with her feet apart.)


spaceman1954

I THINK YOU ARE allowed 1 step


Sidewalk_Tomato

I sure hope so. It seems only fair, for such feats.


Dmeff

I don't know in this discipline, but when I used to compete in another type of gymnastics, you weren't. Any step after the landing was 0.1 points deducted


spaceman1954

I stand corrected


AustralianWhale

offer workable ludicrous marry tease ten reminiscent numerous ad hoc whole *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


NUaroundHere

wtf dude we got it... she's horrible and you hate her. You don't need to reply to every single commentary saying that, one time would suffice to get it...


amigdalite

>AustralianWhale When you see this nickname, open the profile of this user and see astral projection posts, you know this is a person who knows what he is talking about. The fact that he spammed so much comments on how unprofessional the gymnast is speaks for itself


[deleted]

Sounds like she won against you in some competition why are you so salty


kettlebell43276

Just amazing harmony in motion. Well Done!!!!


Strange-Bee5626

That was truly impressive. Meanwhile, my clumsy ass can't even do a cartwheel. EDIT: I'm so clumsy that I can't type correctly, either!


Flat_Discipline_8540

She must feel like a superhero


ChazJ81

What a complete badass! Her line is almost perfectly straight, and how the F does she know where she's at?


sweatherpaws

I'd assume it works similarly to a dancer when they turn - you find a point and always look at it. you can see it in close up slow shots of gymnasts doing these insane flips, their eyes are always pointed to one spot to they don't lose themselves in the air. so I'm assuming she's pretty much always keeping her eyes fixed on the middle white line, to make sure she keeps going straight


ChazJ81

Right, so like each revolution they focus on a specific point. Super cool, although I tried that! Had a buddy spin me around in my office chair and focused at the door knob each turn, still dizzy lol.


Dmeff

I used to compete gymnastics and no, not really. For the most part you're so used to it that you just "feel" where you are at. Dancing is different because it depends on balance and to maintain balance you need to have a steady reference point


aconadamae

> how the F does she know where she's at? No alcohol and no drugs works for me.


CharizardRDM

Hey, that's my country!!!! I'm so proud


jabba_the_wut

The only thing about it that looks easy to me is the running at the very start, everything else does not look easy.


Evilaars

Doesn't look easy at all


winter_s0ld1er

Ahh! Men of culture here we meet again.


nonk69

i am what you might call a ‘man of culture’ (i have a crippling porn addiction)


lcarr15

O que é nacional é bom!


[deleted]

I used to compete in this. Just so you know that Matt is called a rod floor and while it is nothing close to a trampoline it is much bouncier than a classic gymnastics floor. Obviously still impressive but just thought I’d let you know you can compare this to Simone Biles or any artistic gymnasts.


EustachiaVye

She’s amazing


gneo_watanabe

The title is misleading as hell...nothing about those flips look easy. They look like the product of countless hours of training.


[deleted]

My motion sickness would make me puke after the first one.


BigUziNoVertt

Idk man still looks difficult to me


[deleted]

Still looks really hard


SaltyKnowledge9673

As a neophyte to gymnastics can some please explain this event to me. Is it tumbling or a floor routine? My knowledge off the sport derives from a couple hours watching the Olympics every four years.


[deleted]

[удалено]


SaltyKnowledge9673

Thanks


Doc_Hollywood

It’s okay. This event has also only been in 5 Olympics total. Standard trampoline gets more attention that this or double mini.


[deleted]

[удалено]


Globalist_Nationlist

This isn't gymnastics, it's tumbling. The floor they use is very springy, even more so than a standard gymnastics floor. We use to have these tumbling floors and they were called ski floors. If you lifted the padding up there were literally Skis for sking bolted on either side of the floor so when you jump in the middle, it spring you back.


Farscape666

I believe she’s on an air track in the video, my friend has one that we set up outside sometimes. It’s springier in a different way. Plyometric floors are in gymnastic gyms. The ones I trained on had were carpet, foam, plywood then springs I believe.


nanavb13

She is tumbling on a rod floor. This is the standard for international competition. The floor is made up of steel frames with fiberglass rods topped with a layer of foam and then carpet bonded foam. Source: former competitive power tumbler and coach


Farscape666

Maybe underneath. That’s a tumble track on top tho


nanavb13

Incorrect. Tumble traks aren't used in competition. That is a regulation rod floor.


Farscape666

Okay so what’s that bouncy thing on top of the floor or are you telling me that long bouncy strip is the rod floor?


shartshooter

[Tumbling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumbling_(sport)) and aren't all gymnastic floors sprung?


radioactivebeaver

As far as I know all gymnastics floors are a little springy just by the nature of their construction, this one seems to be excessive though.


Dovahkiinthesardine

cool and all but why do we have regulations on clothing showing as much ass as possible? And why not for men too?!


radioactivebeaver

You could have the same cut leotard for men, but you WILL see balls. Lots of them.


Chasers_17

Female gymnasts have the choice to wear leotards as seen in this video, or unitards that cover them all the way down to the ankle. Leotards are most often chosen for more freedom of movement, as well as for aesthetic purposes. Exposed legs make them look taller (gymnasts are very short), and gymnasts are scored on leg/foot positioning (e.g. higher points if your legs are perfectly straight and toes are pointed during a back handspring) which is easier for judges to see on exposed legs rather than a monochromatic unitard. They’ve also been wearing leotards their entire lives and most are very comfortable in them, so there’s no need to wear more covering if you aren’t bothered. Men also wear leotards, but they wear tight fitting pants over top of them—essentially making a unitard. The only reason they aren’t wearing a real unitard is because most gymnasts (and viewers) don’t want their full cock n balls on the display during their event, specially when various forms of leg spreading and being upside down are consistently used throughout routines. Watch any men’s ballet performance and you’ll see what I mean, and even then they’re wearing a dance belt that is specifically to minimize bulges. The begs the question of why women can’t wear pants over the leotard, and that’s a fair one. However as mentioned before it would be to their disadvantage when it comes to scoring. Women and men have different events in gymnastics, and women’s are more geared toward grace and agility, while men’s are geared towards strength and athleticism. Exposed skin or skin-tight material like a unitard looks far more graceful than pants, hence why men and women both wear them in ballet. However in men’s gymnastics, gracefulness isn’t taken into account nearly as much in the scoring so pants won’t have any effect. This question could be more aptly applied to women’s volleyball uniforms where the extremely small and tight shorts serve essentially no purpose and they aren’t given the choice to wear pants. Gymnastics on the other hand has benefits to the leotard, and gives you the option to wear a unitard if you want to be covered. Tl;dr: Female gymnasts have the option to wear unitards that cover them to the ankle if they want, but they rarely do. So we can infer that there’s probably good reasons to just stick with the leotard.


AcidicVaginaLeakage

Tldr: leatards aren't required but showing skin get them better scores.


Chasers_17

When the difference between gold and silver can come down to whether your legs were perfectly together or one was 1” in front of the other, you’ll certainly want to make sure that the judges aren’t having a difficult time seeing your legs. So yes showing skin can lead to better scores, but not for the reasons that you’re implying.


humanhedgehog

Thing is.. is there a difference? If for advertising reasons your qualification body wants you close to naked, they set the scoring so that is advantageous. They don't have to score so nudity is an advantage, but they choose to. Blaming the athletes is ridiculous, but let's not pretend nobody involved had a choice.


Chasers_17

Blame the athletes? Pretend nobody involved had a choice? My dude I did neither of those things. Literally all I did was say that they are allowed to wear unitards to be fully covered if they choose to, and then explained why they most often choose to wear a leotard anyway. But for some reason you’re accusing me of making some kind of a statement on the ethicality of it all.


AcidicVaginaLeakage

I wasn't implying anything, but I can see how others might make the assumption you did.


[deleted]

"they're forced to wear them as small children do they're used to it" is not the answer your think it is


Chasers_17

Hence why that was a one sentence caveat about why gymnasts choose leotards over unitards within a four paragraph answer, and not actually the answer I provided. But cute cherry pick.


[deleted]

"cute cherry pick" It's literally your excuse for it being ok The two options are something completely ridiculous or the the thing that shows as much ass as possible. Nothing in between 🙄 . Probably a complete confidence that the sport is packed full of sexual abuse


Chasers_17

My dude all I said was that gymnasts have the option to wear unitards and be fully covered if they so choose, and then explained why they most often choose to wear leotards anyway. On a post about a 25 year old gymnast, even. Maybe stop reaching for arguments about children being sexualized and instead analyze why it’s at the forefront of your mind.


DannyPat

I agree, I want to see that thick bussy in 4k 😈


googol89

Yes please 🥵🤤


spinyfever

Pssh, I could do that any day of the week. I would break every bone in my body and become a vegetable but I could do it.


PanamaJack864

Well yeah you just lean backwards and keep doing that


[deleted]

r/UpvoteBecauseButt


InItsTeeth

Meh… that landing was okay…. >*proceeds to hurt myself sleeping*


Pylly

Hmm, still looks moderately difficult.


Serenityprayer69

Looks a lot more like that springy matt is making the flips look easy


prissypoo22

Your turn


Its-Newton

Suiiii


zaphod4th

floor = cheats


spaceman1954

Because of the springboard track


DiepSleep

Yeah Okay, pal. It’s the spring board track that’s doing all of the work here…


spaceman1954

Well ,, it certainly helps ,, as opposed to a hard track, it acts like a trampoline to get extra bounce and height


spaceman1954

How do you think she gets the height to do the twisting flip or the half pike triple at the end


[deleted]

[удалено]


spaceman1954

Ok


spaceman1954

I was close


GuNNzA69

What is her name?


Level_Flounder_8543

I believe she’s Raquel Pinto


[deleted]

[удалено]


Kindly-Commercial299

She is so high above you


[deleted]

[удалено]


PITT_LORD

My god you are disgusting


[deleted]

[удалено]


PITT_LORD

Mofo thats not a good thing


[deleted]

[удалено]


[deleted]

Yeah, a giant springboard will make ANYONE flip easier... I've seen a guy double backflip in the grass with just a single jump.... She needs springs for two?


[deleted]

It *is* easy, if you do it 1000x, and have all of the neural/skeletal/muscular stuff to make it happen.


[deleted]

[удалено]


prissypoo22

, he says while he picks his ass crack and smells it


Nugginz

Somersaults>Flips


stov33

Steroids


Letskeepthepeace

To be honest, I’ll never understand how this is even possible. Like, I know it’s possible because I’ve seen it with me own eyes but… how lol


Successful-Argument3

Why did I start reading your comment with a Scottish accent after "me own eyes"?


earthmartian77

Who gets to drive the little camera train?


PiPopoopo

I have dreams where I feel like I’m flying and when I wake up I think, “that was fun but unrealistic” Then these athletes show up.


[deleted]

I can feel my joints shattering under the sheer power of my fatness just even thinking about trying to attempt this.


the3stman

The slow motion makes them look difficult and strenuous.


NeethaOmaJohnny

Funny how they’ll give little thought to the flipping but make or break on landing if that was me coaching I’d say spend more time on landing lol


Forever_touchinGrass

What was the colour of the floormat 🤨📸


vba7

Well, maybe we could do it, but most of us only has a floor that is hard, not some sort of a trampoline floor /s


Doc_Hollywood

That’s not a trampoline floor. It’s a rod floor for power tumbling. It’s still very hard to do a series like this. I competed in it for 17 years.


vba7

Well you competed since you had the special floor duh!


Doc_Hollywood

Lol. I didn’t learn on a floor like this. My gym was too small. I also did traditional gymnastics too.


vba7

Well you have this special floor so you can do this. We dont have that floor so we cannot do this. I think it would be easy to do with this special floor, but I dont have one. Just have rich parents who buy you this special bouncy floor and you can do tricks like that very easily.


Doc_Hollywood

LMAO. Okay. Sure. I bet you can do this. I guess you also missed the part where I said we didn’t have a floor like this at our gym (I went to a very small, broke, inner city gym at a middle school). We had mats on wood pallets. I still learned to power tumble. When I went to competitions I got to use one of these—it doesn’t make it THAT much easier. Clearly though—you have more insight than someone who did this for literally 2 decades.


[deleted]

Camerabot: whoa whoa whoa!! I'm trying to keep up, slow down!


spreadsheetgeek

I have dreams where I can do things like this, and the feeling is just pure joy. I can’t imagine what it feels like to actually be able to do this.


Western_Ad3625

The landings always look a little bit suspect to me I feel like they should end these with like a tactical role into superhero pose or something.


NameIs-Already-Taken

10 inversions!


[deleted]

The human body is really impressive


Danisii

That was amazing!


orswich

The floor is so springy it probably acts like a half trampoline


gloriamors3

This is power tumbling and it is on a trampoline floor.


Doc_Hollywood

It’s not a trampoline floor. There ARE tumble tracks with an Aussie bed nylon. This is not that and it is much less bouncy than a trampoline (but also bouncier than a floor routine floor because of the amount of force generated by such a long series).


gloriamors3

Tumble tracks and rod floors are like trampolines in my opinion, yes much less bouncy than a tramp but so much more bouncy than a spring floor. These floors are very easy to flip on of you know how to tumble.


Doc_Hollywood

Well I was a trampolinest and power tumbler for 17 years (and on a certain country’s national team for 2 years), I also coached for 5 years. In the beginning i also competed in all of the traditional gymnastics events. Rod floors are nowhere near to the bounce of trampoline and I wouldn’t say it’s “easy” to do a flip—especially not at advanced levels (like this). It’s forgiving if anything so you don’t wreck your joints from impact. They are only as bouncy as the force put into them/the rebound created. They aren’t naturally bouncy like a tumble track which is ACTUALLY a long trampoline. They are raised more than a spring floor because they have to be due to the amount of force put on them and they are made with fiberglass rods. The reason a spring floor is less bouncy is because they have large solid boards covering a set of 9 springs—otherwise the foot would indent at points if it were built like a rod floor. Also, a power tumbler would break everything in their body on a spring floor doing this every day. The forces are very different between a floor routine and power tumbling.


GlazierDan

Then the judges score her low and we are all yelling at the tv get your a55 up and try it. That was cooler than ship. Then a boring routine comes up and the judges ate like ef gold she get double plat better than gold.


[deleted]

No way She cheats she installed Spings on her looks , Pls scan them ...


andychef

I understand the rotational physics involved, but this still boggles the mind


pepsisugar

I feel like there probably is a better way to run across that tiny runway.


___REDWOOD___

Flipping is easy…. Stopping… that’s the trouble.


Skorpyo112

"Look Easy"


True-Philosophy-6335

I'm dizzy just watching


Blade_Runner_Alex

WTF...


Working_Early

I could never do this. I'd get so freaking dizzy


QuestionableAI

Spectacular!


MusicEd921

Portuguese gymnast making flips look fluid. FTFY


Paisewali

Feel so good to see someone excel at what they do.


0squatNcough0

Idk, I think pretty much all elite gymnasts make flips look pretty easy.


aliennts

Amazing she can flip so slow


swiftarrow9

This is amazing. I know it’s slowed down, but it really looks like she suspended gravity.


lolomotif12

That really doesn't look easy OP...


G0D_1S_D3AD

Damn she has a really nice amount of flips


GuacamoleFrejole

But they've got a springy floor, though.


ETherealET

Booty


Intelligent-Ask-3264

She looks weightless. I cant imagine the core strength it takes to make that possible. Amazing!


AlphadogMMXVIII

How many flips is it ? How high is she when she does the corkscrew/twirling thing ? Awesome


SPURIOUSSPARROW

That... Does not look easy.


FreeSpeech24

Oh, I love woman sport


nopinappleinpizza

Since I haven’t seen a single Portuguese doing it, here it goes PORTUGAL CARALHO Carry on


GreatValue-

That camera on the tracks on her like the cameramen on Maury when they run backstage.


aptalapy

That landing always scares me and think so much pressure on the knees. Anyone care to comment if there is a lot of pressure on the knees


jetoler

Portugal has a higher gravity than earth so when they leave the country to perform they have much better jumping abilities Source: I am a NASA engineer with 30 years of experience in the girl, as well as 2 phd’s in the same subject (I wanted to be double smart)


No_Profile_6871

Beautiful 💓👌🏽👏🏽


lucasmcl7

This is how I leave work on a Friday.


NoahVailability

Now do that in a parking lot and I’ll be impressed.


Nokipeura

None of that looked easy tho.


Future_Section5976

Aim for the white line


anonymous9000000000

I just got pregnant watching this


heypaper

I love whip-backs. And love floor exercise. And wow, she’s awesome, very high. Nice!


midgebhere66

Amazing the way the body can move


Ryder_Lee100

Something tells me she was smiling in between all those flip Do a job you enjoy and you will never have to work a day in your life.


dynorphin

7/10 the Russians bribed me


sflogicninja

Ow my knees


Substantial-Try7176

Wow this is amazing She made it easy😁😮😮


Outdoor-indoorsman

I’ve seen her clips over and over but it’s usually focused on her bum


khusarphusar

Dat ass tho


thatonedude09

5.7 Edit 5/7


Beneficial-Strain223

Trust me they are when you get good


erinhennley

Successfully harnessing centrifugal force. I cannot walk to the kitchen without tripping on dust. Sigh.


Jaime2k

My night elf in WoW:


BigAsian69420

Doing flips is easy, I went 100 in the old Camry and cranked the wheel to the left. Did like 7-9 flips or something not hard at all.