The YouTube title of the video making the rounds is “Someone Should Tell This Girl That This Can’t Be Done.” But you know how some people insist on doing the impossible. The rhythmic gymnast here is Boyanka Angelova {wiki} of Bulgaria, and this performance in 2008 won her second place. -via reddit
The story circulating about this video is that the man on the motorcycle is a gymnast. Just before he smacked into the side of a truck, he intentionally vaulted over the handlebars. At the end of the video, on his feet and apparently not seriously injured, the man walked back into view.
via Geekosystem
Neatoramanaut Algonquin recorded his sister showing off gymnastics moves on the porch. The descriptions reads: “Nadia Comaneci has serious competition towards this gifted gymnast.” She’s a good sport for allowing this to be uploaded.
“Mass games” are group athletic events in which the performance of the individual is deemphasized in favor of the performance of the group as a whole. They are thus well suited to the philosophy embodied by socialist/communist states, but the components of such games are also employed for other major events such as Olympic opening and closing shows.
The video above includes the closing moments from the movie “A State of Mind,” documenting mass games in North Korea.
