The best thing about this routine is the triple because of his technique. He rises through the first two flips, which NO ONE has ever done when executing this skill. Most gymnasts try to block first, then pull the three rotations. Xiaoshuang was way ahead of his time. I'm glad he won the AA in 1996. Well deserved.
I saw this live, back when I was dabbling in gymnastics, and I nearly fell out of my chair at that triple back. The rest was a bit wobbly in places, but who cares? A triple back and flairs got the job doen back in '92!
Valeri Liukin did this skill in 1987(world champion that year too). The floors were not highly sprung like modern ones. You need to be exceptionally powerful to get the height required for this-sprung floor or not.
@NasDa It's not an illusion. Gymnastic technique on a spring floor allow you to jump far higher than a normal person ever could. Just for kicks, take a closer look at the video. This guy is 5'2" so his reach should be almost 7 feet. If you pause it when he's taking off you can see his reach is a little below the blue bar in the audience. He gets his entire body well above that. A foot over his reach at the very least. So 8ft minimum. Possibly a lot more since he is moving away from the camera.
There is a moment at the peak of every motion arc that a body is "weightless" and experiences no effects of gravity (e.g. parabolic flight patterns). In the case of tumbling, some gymnasts get enough lift from the floor that, if rotating slowly enough, they experience a dramatic reduction in the "feeling" of gravity before accelerating back to the earth. TH-cam isn't the place for such technicality, but there you go.
You are actually correct. I wont bore you with the physics, but for a very short period of time, he is actually in zero gravity! So that makes it correct that he is actually flying.
I always want to know does the floor help his take off? and if he doesn't do the flips before his biggest jump, jus runs or jogs then jump off 2 feet, how high can he get?
The simple step deductions are only takin if they're not doing some sort of gymnastics element. The half turn to prone in the first pass, the front tuck to stomach then flair sequence after the second, and the split jump into the corner after the front tuck to dive roll pass would all qualify as a "gymnastics skill" so he wouldn't get any deductions. The handstand hold would have gotten deducted at any time. That's not the new code. This would still hold a very high score even today.
possible but keep in mind that they also do flares on that floor and doing flares on a trampoliene would be nearly impossible but of course a trampoline only requires like 15% skill or less
Did Li Ning ever do a triple back? It would seem so easy for him- I recall him doing quadruple dismounts off high bar in practice, and his 2 backs look way too easy.
his wife is a very charming lady who is a professional singer. He owns a gymnastisc school, he owns a big sportswear company. His ex-girlfriend, Li Yifang, was in the national gymnastics team and attended the 1992 Olympic Games. And, Li Yifang is very elegant lady. He obviously has a wealthy and happy life that you don't enjoy.
You get that hight by putting the speed forward straight down into the springy floor, that and REALLY strong legs xD Christ, that's some sick tumbling skills.
No where in there does he do an airtrack. In gymnastics, they're spelled flairs. A flare is something a cop puts on the side of the road after a car accident.
Funny. It looks like Barcelona is the best place for triple back flip. Cause from Memorial Blume 2016 we have a new standart of triple back flip perfomed by Nikita Nagornyy.
Um, I'm pretty sure jgurl66 meant 'the fact that no one does them any more makes me wonder if they're still allowed'. Though the FIG doesn't usually ban skills outright, it can give them a really low value so it's not worth learning them - for example one-armed swings on the uneven bars are considered dangerous for women so they're rated as easy (even though they're crazy hard) so there's no point putting effort into training it. No idea about triple backs though.
@0SCJustJohn ......... if you knew anything about gymnastic you would know that that's no ordinary floor mate.. it allows you to jump way higher than you normally would....
li is a tiny 5'1 so he by the laws of physics spin exrely fast in the air, the height he achieves though is extraordinary. no wonder he plaeed gold with that triple, there so rare.
those floor is more springy and the can run for few meters before doing those skill..in gymnastics floor u can't run tat much .. but i noe wat u're saying..those are powertumbling ..
Half of 5'2 is 31 inches. Take that from 8ft and we can see he is getting a minimum 65" vertical, most likely well over 70". In comparison, Michael Jordan was said to have a 42-48 inch vertical. If you go by height the difference becomes drastic. Jordan at MOST 61% of his height. This guy, at LEAST 105% of his height.
A triple back is MUCH MUCH MUCH harder than a triple full. A triple full is only an E, while a triple back is an F (it would probably be a G if skill values went that high)
That's gymnastics, not break dancing. Flare sequences like that were done in gymnastics first, and break dancers stole them and called them their own. It's one of my biggest pet peeves when I hear someone refer to flares on the floor exercise or pommel horse as "break dancing".
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One flip going up into the air - one flip at the peak of the jump - one flip on his way back down. Amazing... truely awesome.
The best thing about this routine is the triple because of his technique. He rises through the first two flips, which NO ONE has ever done when executing this skill. Most gymnasts try to block first, then pull the three rotations. Xiaoshuang was way ahead of his time. I'm glad he won the AA in 1996. Well deserved.
i've been on a gymnastics floor like that but I couldn't train for decades and do that. Shocks me everytime--I love this guy
he did it so easily. I wish more people would perform this in competition.
WHAT!!! This is freaking amazing. I can't block even half that height!
This guy is like superman's little brother.
the triple back and the 2 back layout was amazing! the triple backs bhs was so fast!
I saw this live, back when I was dabbling in gymnastics, and I nearly fell out of my chair at that triple back.
The rest was a bit wobbly in places, but who cares? A triple back and flairs got the job doen back in '92!
This guy is a legend of Gymnastics, simply by his courage of performing such a difficult triple. I prefer him to Li Ning. Thanks for sharing this.
Valeri Liukin did this skill in 1987(world champion that year too). The floors were not highly sprung like modern ones. You need to be exceptionally powerful to get the height required for this-sprung floor or not.
That double straight was nuts!
that was amazing~ he moves so lightly o_o
he landed waaay better than most other triple backs ive seen
one of my all time favorites along with liukin and ivankov
@NasDa It's not an illusion. Gymnastic technique on a spring floor allow you to jump far higher than a normal person ever could.
Just for kicks, take a closer look at the video. This guy is 5'2" so his reach should be almost 7 feet. If you pause it when he's taking off you can see his reach is a little below the blue bar in the audience. He gets his entire body well above that. A foot over his reach at the very least. So 8ft minimum. Possibly a lot more since he is moving away from the camera.
Jesus Christ! That Triple back was insane!! He flew up more than twice his height! Incredible!
check out "Li Xiaoshuang FX 1992 Olympics EF" at 1:50, the girl in green shirt is Li Yifang. She is beautiful.
Wow. That was great stuff. Usually you see triple backs which are cowboy-ed over, but he completes the entire rotation. Sweet stuff from the chinese.
There is a moment at the peak of every motion arc that a body is "weightless" and experiences no effects of gravity (e.g. parabolic flight patterns). In the case of tumbling, some gymnasts get enough lift from the floor that, if rotating slowly enough, they experience a dramatic reduction in the "feeling" of gravity before accelerating back to the earth. TH-cam isn't the place for such technicality, but there you go.
You are actually correct. I wont bore you with the physics, but for a very short period of time, he is actually in zero gravity! So that makes it correct that he is actually flying.
he looks so calm the whole time. like its all effortless. that insane
I always want to know does the floor help his take off? and if he doesn't do the flips before his biggest jump, jus runs or jogs then jump off 2 feet, how high can he get?
The simple step deductions are only takin if they're not doing some sort of gymnastics element. The half turn to prone in the first pass, the front tuck to stomach then flair sequence after the second, and the split jump into the corner after the front tuck to dive roll pass would all qualify as a "gymnastics skill" so he wouldn't get any deductions. The handstand hold would have gotten deducted at any time. That's not the new code. This would still hold a very high score even today.
possible but keep in mind that they also do flares on that floor and doing flares on a trampoliene would be nearly impossible but of course a trampoline only requires like 15% skill or less
Did Li Ning ever do a triple back? It would seem so easy for him- I recall him doing quadruple dismounts off high bar in practice, and his 2 backs look way too easy.
how does he get so much height on his first round of flips?
@bigbagron olympics is broadcasted everywhere?
....what is the material of that flooring? how do you get so much air?
Hey, do you think these guys jump higher than Olympic high jumpers? this seems like a better technique to clear a bar.
that was amazing it must of took A LOT of training
what was his rating?
his wife is a very charming lady who is a professional singer. He owns a gymnastisc school, he owns a big sportswear company. His ex-girlfriend, Li Yifang, was in the national gymnastics team and attended the 1992 Olympic Games. And, Li Yifang is very elegant lady. He obviously has a wealthy and happy life that you don't enjoy.
how the fluck did he get that high?
What's the stunt at 1:06? The double backflip wasn't tucked so what was it THANKS!!! :D
That was amazing
timeless performance, bravo
What deductions are you talking about? :P
what the heck.. i've been watching gymnastics for i don't know how long but his height STILL amazes me!
of all the triples ive seen
li xiaoshuang does it the cleanest
please tell me he got gold on floor?
Liukin, Xiaoshuang(1992), and Podgorni(1996) all have performed them on floor. But, Li's is far superior to the others.
You get that hight by putting the speed forward straight down into the springy floor, that and REALLY strong legs xD
Christ, that's some sick tumbling skills.
Loved his double layout! Cool ^_^
its not a springy floor its just a bit padded and he probably can do the same tripple back flip or close to it on hard floor
agreed with the person earlier. i dont know dick about gymnastics, but his flips and jumps were so smooth.
why don't u put on a video and show us :D
Wow, I'm astounded at how close together his legs were, the others I've seen needed almost straddle to get around in time.
what year was this
yes they are but that is why in high jumping your not allowed to jump off of two feet
omg, did u see how high he jumped on the triple backflip!?
No where in there does he do an airtrack. In gymnastics, they're spelled flairs. A flare is something a cop puts on the side of the road after a car accident.
Freakin insane!!!! That's awesome!
Funny. It looks like Barcelona is the best place for triple back flip. Cause from Memorial Blume 2016 we have a new standart of triple back flip perfomed by Nikita Nagornyy.
2.56m on bouncey floor like that?
Um, I'm pretty sure jgurl66 meant 'the fact that no one does them any more makes me wonder if they're still allowed'. Though the FIG doesn't usually ban skills outright, it can give them a really low value so it's not worth learning them - for example one-armed swings on the uneven bars are considered dangerous for women so they're rated as easy (even though they're crazy hard) so there's no point putting effort into training it. No idea about triple backs though.
Is he from shaolin or something?
@0SCJustJohn
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if you knew anything about gymnastic you would know that that's no ordinary floor mate..
it allows you to jump way higher than you normally would....
Now that's some roundoff backhandspring power. Damn...
no its a regular matted floor
this is awesome, but why don't people do triples anymore, I would love to see some more modern gymnasts doing this too.
And the badass of the year award goes to
respect man 4 real
li is a tiny 5'1 so he by the laws of physics spin exrely fast in the air, the height he achieves though is extraordinary. no wonder he plaeed gold with that triple, there so rare.
wowww!!! omg i can just about do one tuck im learning how to do half twist but three is well too impressive!!!
those floor is more springy and the can run for few meters before doing those skill..in gymnastics floor u can't run tat much .. but i noe wat u're saying..those are powertumbling ..
@TripleAces78 maaaaan that's old i was only 2-3 years old O_o, he's the best i ever seen tho.
Half of 5'2 is 31 inches. Take that from 8ft and we can see he is getting a minimum 65" vertical, most likely well over 70". In comparison, Michael Jordan was said to have a 42-48 inch vertical.
If you go by height the difference becomes drastic. Jordan at MOST 61% of his height. This guy, at LEAST 105% of his height.
What kind of potato did you record with?
Well, there's a difference between a jump and a punch. He's not jumping, he's punching.
Xiaoshuang can do double layout with double twist. Watch his olympic routine.
Li Xiaoshuang was bad ass.
what the heck!? that dude gets soooo much air!
holy crap!
amazing
@danabe12 just a little thing called block
Hes only one of a few that have done that. Good god I wonder what he scored
@Isaacnjw1 no hard feeling m8 i am just impressed how he can break dance too :P
Search for Andrei Belousov and click the first link. Amazing.
A triple back is MUCH MUCH MUCH harder than a triple full. A triple full is only an E, while a triple back is an F (it would probably be a G if skill values went that high)
agreed i hate when breakdancing is compared to gymnastics as well as cheerleading
the floor at that olympics was hardly sprung anyway, it was really thin, so im sure he probably could.
ya..its the kind of double layout which you hold yr body damn tight and whip it pass.. i tot i'm the only one that notice his double layout...
amazing, and that was just just from a slow jog, think if he could have ran, maybe add another backhandspring and it would have been flawless
I can do that here hold my.. NO i can't fucking do it..
I bet if he backflipped for distance, he can take the Guinness World Record easily
The Olympics are international. Japanese people watch it too.
awesome!!!
thats more like a double WHIP on air.. i guess he's tired by the end and hold his body damn tight to do that double layout
it is
wow amazing
@vitku94
High jump world record is 2.45m
Best. Floor. Routine. Ever.
it seems like the push up thing after the triple backflip wasn't planned lol
Omfg Amazing ! i can not even do a flick flack and im going to gym every day !
yeah how big is yours
The skills do go as high as a G, which the triple back is on floor.
That's gymnastics, not break dancing. Flare sequences like that were done in gymnastics first, and break dancers stole them and called them their own. It's one of my biggest pet peeves when I hear someone refer to flares on the floor exercise or pommel horse as "break dancing".
rofl thats just stupid
do the gymnests also have rockets attached to thier super strong bionic limbs?
damn if he was a breakdancer... HE WOULD WIN EVERY SINGLE FUCKIN' BATTLE!
How did he only get a silver medal with that performance...
Wow. That's was great
i thing he should go to the highjump on olympic games also