Viktoria Komova, born 30th January 1995, celebrates her birthday today. Happy Birthday, Viktoria! Have a lovely day. Time to revisit a picture gallery posted last year ... and to hope for a good year for Viktoria and her fans. I was doing something far more important, researching an article, when these pictures of Viktoria Komova caught my eye. They are far from the standard gymnastics pictures of gymnasts celebrating, commiserating, or caught in the midst of their most graceful pose. Not the best, most aesthetic images to view. When looking at pictures of gymnasts I am often conscious of selecting the ones taken from the most flattering angle, avoiding the shot with the bent legs, the out of control arms. I took a different viewpoint here, choosing Komova at the most stressed, the least stagey point of her work. These pictures capture Komova in flight, in the height of motion and effort. There is no contrivance to them, no trained pose or pause...
I hope Komova wins the AA gold in Rio...
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She has the talent and the skills to do it, but it will come down to physical health and especially mental stability. I hope she does it!
ReplyDeleteShe is the BEST gymnast ever.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely deserves the AA Olympic gold.
Hi! According to today's news from Valentina Rod. Aliya Mustafina maybe will compete at Stuttgart before RC http://rsport.ru/artist_gym/20160226/898690992.html
ReplyDeleteI hope she wins the Gold in Rio!! She is truly, the best gymnast in the entire world. Yes, I know Simone is great, but I'm rooting for Viktoria!
ReplyDeleteKomova has the talent sadly I don't think she has the mental strength to back it up. What the Americans do so well like what the Soviets did back in the day was hit. As it currently stands Komova cant do a single beam routine without wobbles and major breaks.
ReplyDeleteshe has it all
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