Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Team China vs. Team Romania
So, as we all know, in 2012, team Romania beat China for team bronze. And the Chinese gymnasts and coaches were none to happy. They had won gold in Beijing, a home game, but in London, they were not as lucky. The Chinese wanted more than anything to defend the gold, but when that chance slipped out of their grasp, they figured: Why not silver? But then Russia took their spot. So their only hope for medal, was bronze. But then, at a surprising last two rotations, Romania snatched the medal, because floor and vault were two of their best events, but China was not good at vault or floor exercise, so, thats how the Romanians took the bronze. To place fourth in gymnastics, is devastating. Just out of the medals. And the Chinese had to deal with it, but in Brazil, I expect them to come out, and be in contention for medals. Also, I expect the Romanians to defend their medal titles, and try to make it 11 medals straight. So, let the war between Team China and Team Romania Begin!
Sunday, February 23, 2014
China: Where they need to improve if they want to be on the podium
In 2008, the Chinese team was victorious on their home turf. But, in 2012, they were off the podium, Romania just knocking them out of the medals. So, instead of first place, they were in fourth place. Even though the Chinese are absolutely perfect on bars and beam, Just like every other country out there, the Chinese have their weaknesses, even though they are an extremely good team, they are not perfect on every single event:
Vault: They do not throw those high difficulty vaults. And the closest they got to a Amanar was Jinnan's double. But, I think she should go back to a 1 1/2 because she fell in qualifications. So, basically, they need to train vault more.
Floor: They are perfectly artistic, but they don't have enough power to land the powerful tumbling passes that the USA or the other teams have, so they need to work on that.
So, the Chinese are naturally good at bars and beam, so I think they should stop training that for a while, and train floor and vault, the events that they need to train. If they want a spot on the podium in 2016, they need to bring it on all four events.
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