Post by jetstream23 on Aug 7, 2016 13:11:20 GMT -5
It's the cool thing to do!
www.yahoo.com/sports/news/gymnast-marisa-dick-has-created-a-tricky-move-with-a-trickier-name-011541845.html
For gymnasts competing in major competitions such as the Olympics, there are two routes to immortality: You can win a medal, or you can pull off a move never before done in competition. The first gets you some of the most prized hardware on earth. The second gets the move named for your surname, forevermore.
For instance, here’s the list of moves named for United States gymnasts. They include The Church, The Fontaine and, of course, The McNamara; that’s a “jump to clear support on high bar, immediate clear hip circle (circle backward without hips touching bar) to handstand with 180 degree turn in handstand phase on high bar,” but you knew that.
For most gymnasts, that’s an honor beyond compare. But as The Wall Street Journal notes, for Trinidad and Tobago’s Marisa Dick, it’s, well … it’s a bit more than that. Marisa, you see, has already created a new move approved by the International Gymnastics Federation.
Its technical name is a “a change-leg leap to free-cross split sit.”
Its colloquial name is, yes … “The Dick.”
www.yahoo.com/sports/news/gymnast-marisa-dick-has-created-a-tricky-move-with-a-trickier-name-011541845.html
For gymnasts competing in major competitions such as the Olympics, there are two routes to immortality: You can win a medal, or you can pull off a move never before done in competition. The first gets you some of the most prized hardware on earth. The second gets the move named for your surname, forevermore.
For instance, here’s the list of moves named for United States gymnasts. They include The Church, The Fontaine and, of course, The McNamara; that’s a “jump to clear support on high bar, immediate clear hip circle (circle backward without hips touching bar) to handstand with 180 degree turn in handstand phase on high bar,” but you knew that.
For most gymnasts, that’s an honor beyond compare. But as The Wall Street Journal notes, for Trinidad and Tobago’s Marisa Dick, it’s, well … it’s a bit more than that. Marisa, you see, has already created a new move approved by the International Gymnastics Federation.
Its technical name is a “a change-leg leap to free-cross split sit.”
Its colloquial name is, yes … “The Dick.”
