Hey guys, lets do a "Her Events" post on Russian Great, Viktoria Komova. Now, as both you and I know, Viktoria is a great gymnast, and those mistakes in London and Tokyo were just that, mistakes. I know that Viktoria is way better than London and Tokyo. Lets analyze her gymnastics, to prove it.
Vault: This is a weak event for Viktoria, weak being the operative word. Like McKayla and all the other American girls competing right now, Viktoria is capable of performing the Amanar vault, but did not do so in Tokyo or London. But as I tell gym-nots that, they are all like, "Well why didn't Viktoria or whatever her name is, do the harder vault?" and this discussion took nearly an hour and a half, but I know all of you have lives, and can't read this ALL DAY. And I can't write all day, so I'll give you the Cliff-Notes version. "Basically, gym-not, its because the coaches and Viktoria did not want to risk it. So anyway, all the gymnastics superfans out there know that Viktoria wanted to play it safe so that the team, and herself, would medal. Sure, Viktoria only performs two twists usually, but I have a feeling when she comes back from injuries, she'll be doing an Amanar. But, even if she does a easier vault, you'll see an extended body, perfectly pointed toes, and a stuck landing. The only reason why Viktoria can be perceived as "weak" on this event, is because of the fact that she does not to an Amanar. Yet
Bars: This is an event you will want to watch Viki on. Viktoria extends every limb of her body. She hits every handstands, and has the typical gorgeous, and difficult, Russian bars routine. Now, Vika did make the finals in this event, and she performed great, but thanks to the depth of the field, she was out of the podium. While Viktoria is great on bars, she had to beat her own teammate, Aliya Mustafina, who was fine-tuning and doing nothing but bars while she was recovering from her injury, and then you have 2008 uneven bars champion, He Kexin, and then legend Beth Tweddle, who has like a Kajillion connections in her routine, and then in fourth, you have Yao Jinnan, who is another Chinese athlete who only had one mistake in her routine. Now I understand why Viktoria was crushed, but after she examined the extreme depth of the field, I hope that she was proud of herself for placing so high!!!!
Beam: Viktoria is good here too, let me just tell you that she doesn't struggle with form/connection, although I found it interesting that Vika fell on a sheep jump, which is one of her greatest performed skills, Viktoria is great on beam, but she fell in 2011 on a back handspring step out combo in team finals, and then in 2012 she fell on the sheep jump in beam finals, as I mentioned earlier, and on her Patterson dismount.
Floor: Viktoria may not have the greatest tumbling, but having years of ballet training, she has the greatest dance, which is a great part of the routine. Viktoria's floor music in 2011-2012 was Swan Lake, and it was beautiful, and lets not fail to mention the upbeat-pop tune that came in about halfway in the routine. Viktoria has the style on this event, that all Russian greats are known for, that style that you can see, and if you dont know who that gymnast is, or what country she's from, you cacn tell she's Russian, and that ladies and gents, is the balletic style, its just simply beautiful.
So...... after reading this article, are you still thinking that 2011 Worlds Viki and 2012 Olympics Viki, is actually Viki 365 days a year? No? Thats what I thought
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