Has anyone seen this transition before? It looks like something that might have been done in the past when the bars were closer together. It's at the beginning of the routine. Video is from gymnastike.
It's a Radochla, named after Birgit Radochla of East Germany, who first performed it in the 1960s. She also has another skill named after her, the low-to-high transition shown here:
The dismount was interesting too! was is a front 1.5 or 2.5 (I'm way to tired to pay attention to number of twists). Either way, it's not something I have seen much.
And my favourite one of the lot, by a girl who did all three variations of the Radochla roll in one routine, and landed the high-to-low one in a handstand on the low bar...
And my favourite one of the lot, by a girl who did all three variations of the Radochla roll in one routine, and landed the high-to-low one in a handstand on the low bar...
Ungureanu was a fabulous bar worker.
She certainly was. It's a pity her wonderful gymnastics was overshadowed by Nadia Comaneci's. She would have been the number one gymnast on just about any other team in 1976.
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Interesting high to low bar transition
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