inspired (or should i say: distracted from work) by aud's clip of the bulgarian group, here is one which i think is pretty good:




What The F***?!

i'm sure a lot of the throws look easy but i can assure you that having a flying club land on your forehead knocks the life out of you for a few minutes. which is why i admire gymnasts so much, as i'm sure you all do now too.

personally (and this comes from someone who has LAZY as her middle name) i think it's not so much the difficulty of the moves but the class with which they're done. and i think the trick is in making it look effortless, yet not lacklustre, which is of course even harder than pretending to look cool when you're being strangled by a rope. kabaeva has never been my favourite, but her performances are unbelievably smooth. she's the one with the ribbon at around 3.02; see what i mean!

oh and aud, your bulgarian group's ending is in here somewhere towards the end. enjoy :D