North Korean gymnast trains a kasamatsu with an extra salto at the 2009 World University Games

[MrKasamatsu]

7.2 start value?

[masanyiwa]

@MrKasamatsu at least 7,4.. 6.6 for the double and 0.4 for each half twist, so thats 7.4

[fungbelongjesus]

wow!!!amazing....

[maybabytumbler]

north korean! thats a first, howd he get out of there?

[Gymya100]

its ri se kwang

[turnerkeujh]

gwang

[G33314Lucas]

north korean?

[jondoesgym]

Ballsy

[bboyagua]

Well that's a first...

Jeepers...

[deljosque]

sick vault

[lepetitpoulet]

what an awesome vault by this gymnast. ouch on the knees though, but it really looks like he almost has it down. just needs to tuck a little tighter on last salto, which is hard, cuz you lose a lot of speed doing a twist like that. Love it though!

[fatalbeauty]

For me it's more a tsukahara double pick with a full in the first salto

or a tsukahara full in...No?

[danafan1]

If you took out the second salto, I would call it a Kasamatsu so that's why I titled it such - based on twisting direction. It's more or less splitting hairs - I could just as easily call it a tsuk full-in as you say.

[Rasvatri]

Isn't a kasamatsu layed out?

[spooftube82]

It's about the direction of the twist in relation to the entry rather than the body postition. Tsuk full = round-off + 1/1 twist, Kas = swd handspring w. 1/4t. in opposite direction. If you round-off twisting right shoulder back then twist left shoulder back then it is a kasamatsu. If they are the same then it's tsuk full. either way it's the same value (and box) in the code.

[fatalbeauty]

Can we just talk about gymnastics please???

[MountAthos]

If you have a different opinion why not express it with reasoning instead of resorting to repeated insult? Maybe this is part of your culture but it isn't mine. You sound unhappy, maybe you have some tragedy to put up with. I hope things get better for you so you can smile more and be nice to people.

In the USA, class is in the eye of the beholder. Some people think it is money and education, others think virtue and values. I think east coast here much more class oriented.

[MountAthos]

THat is absolutely incredible. His skill is even more incredible than seeing a north korean who is actually well fed. His family must belong to the elites in the communist party who slavishly support the most wicked and repressive government in the world, having starved two million people to death in ten years. NK is divided into 51 social groups by ideology and familial history, that determines how well fed you are and whether you go to hard labor death camps or are well fed in pyongyang

[lashenova]

The gymnasts are just as powerless as the others...as soon as they are finished they are discarded.

[tzhang2]

don't distribute stupid ideology here. Having a president coming from Hawaii does make you feel socially previledged, huh? BTW, have you ever had an opportunity to leeave your island and see the rest of the world?

[MountAthos]

Yes, I've even been to Korea! Sorry you didn't like my comment before.

[tzhang2]

I don't like to see people cheating in such a ridiculous way. Korea and North Korea are two different stories. You 've been to USA during the Cold War! Can you say you know a lot about USSR? You've been to Republic of China, Can you say you know a lot about People's Republic of China?

People who have common sense won't enjoy your comment

[MountAthos]

Since the 1950s, the Kim regime has subjected its people to a series of political examinations in order to sort out those who are presumed to be loyal or disloyal to the regime. The people could be classified into a loyal "core class," a suspect "wavering class," and a politically unreliable "hostile class." Individuals are further classified into 51 subcategories. The political history of one's parents, grandparents, and relatives is also a determining factor in the classification process.

[tzhang2]

yeah, you know better. People in Taiwan used to believe that Chinese in mainland not only need to share their private property but also their wives.

Reading historical/political books wrote by the oppositional parties can be used for the purpose of self-entertaining. If someone does believe these BS, his/her intelligence might be problematic

BTW, every society has its mechanism to shuffle their classes. You seem to pretty much enjoy the "classless" America, huh?

[SalarMaju]

holy crap! what did he just do?

[MainOffenderKZ]

a kasamatsu with an extra salto

rofl

[SalarMaju]

haha funny

[sqekcx]

fuck this is scary. north koreans always train super hard vault, I'm afraid that their gymnasts will get injured very soon

[3TalentedSuperstars]

dang i wish i could vault like that!

[no1afroman]

Good lord that's incredible.

[KorbutFan]

WOW

[createwithkathy]

ri se gwang. best vaulter in the world

[memd92]

you know....... that vault is so hard and looks so good, I honestly can not really tell what he is doing .....unreal. The odd thing is that it really does not look that hard for him.

[iknrv]

I wonder if he ever stood it up :)

[kaonieoh]

i cannot do anything like that but is that what a great vault looks like? .He wasnt standing when he landed.

[djmbjork]

yes his landing was rough...but it's what he did in the air that was incredible. this a type of vault that NO ONE in the world has done (and most would not even be capable of getting close to it). it still needs a litte work (obviously) but the fact that he is going for it is amazing

[Ichief2012]

this is the best vault i have ever seen

[Athlete065]

WOW! That is amazing!

[shoorablader]

where did you get this footage?

[ThePenguin888]

a user on TAAF was given the footage from a friend who is judging the competition.

[shoorablader]

Tnx