Coach Sommer Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 The Russians dominated the still rings event finals during the 2011 European Championships. A mere .075 (read seventy five THOUSANDths) of a point separated first and second. Danny Rodriguez with his amazing victorians was fifth.Will the Russians be able to maintain their dominance this coming May at the 2012 European Championships?Here is Pluzhnikov's gold medal routine. The end of the clip has some exceptional slo mo close ups that give you a taste of just how hard he is working during his inverted cross.1ZHcJv6J5fY The legendary Balandin was just barely second. Had he stuck his dismount ...P7j1eCTN0x8 Danny Rodriguez of FrancevW0muGY5kEA Yours in Fitness,Coach Sommer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dalton Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 I just love the Balandin 2. its sad balandin 1 is an E move. Will Aleksandr balandin compete in London? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timg Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 is the move at 0:28 on the rodriguez video a v-sit cross? would that be scored any higher than an L cross? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiyafan Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 is the move at 0:28 on the rodriguez video a v-sit cross? would that be scored any higher than an L cross?WTE1xGVjzec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alec_ar Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Rodrigues' V Cross is very interesting to me. He does it in a different style than the other gymnasts I've seen. And I believe he's only been implementing it in his routine recently, so maybe he's still working the kinks out. It just looks like he's struggling with the movement every time he does it, which seems nonsensical for a man with such a beautiful Victorian to find this movement very difficult. His alignment with the rings in the v cross is not ideal and his arms tend to be very bent from what I've seen. Of course I may be splitting hairs. He also tends to lean backwards more than others, turning it into a "piked Victorian" looking move. At least this is what my novice eyes see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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