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.
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