World Gymnastics Championships

This year the World Gymnastic Championships were held in Belgium. Taiwan sent a team of three males and two females to the event and here are two videos of their performance. Thanks to the wonderful piibunina for recording these gymnasts.

This is Lo Yu Ju on the floor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AziJegJAiw

This is Chen Yu Chun on the balance beam. This was Taiwan's best showing as she managed a top 60 finish on the event.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-tD7w3pSn8

Analysis:
Really impressed with Chen on the balance beam. She has sufficient difficulty as all of her acrobatic elements are rated D or higher. She needs to work on her leaps (greater than 180 degrees) and keep her toes more pointed throughout the routine. Also she could work on connecting some of her element such that her start score is higher.

As for Lo, her piano music is really endearing. She needs to be able to do four tumbling passes instead of three in order to improve. On her second pass where she leaps out of her front salto, the free leg needs to be higher in order to gain the connection bonus. Of most concern is her last pass where she does a 2.5 twists. In the video, it shows that she was to take a step sideways when landing. This is not good as it makes the knee susceptible to major injuries like ACL tears.

Overall, these are really solid performances for Taiwan who doesn't have a strong gymnastics background and there's definitely room for improvement.

NBA Season has begun

Jeremy Lin has done really solid so far. He is averaging around 18 points per game and his team the Houston Rockets are now 7-4. Jeremy's assist to turnover ratio is a bit high (around 5:3.5), so there's always room to improve!

By the way, can you spot the error in this article?

http://focustaiwan.tw/news/apst/201311170024.aspx


Answer:

"He was the second Asian American to win this honor after Yao Ming of China. "

Ummm....Yao Ming is not American.

Cool Montage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEQaVGydME0&list=WL72AAE1F10C860A3D

Really Liked this montage Taiwanese TV had for the 2012 Olympics last year. Most of the athletes are listed and have a picture competing. Notable ones missing are Tennis player Chuang Chia-Jung, Sailor Chang Hao, and all of the swimmers!