Rewriting Russian Gymnastics

I gnatyev, Belyavski, Lezhankin - three Siberians at the top of the tree.  Courtesy RGF I caught a very quick glimpse of today's men's team qualification and all around finals and my, do I hope there will be some video available.  Coincidentally, I tuned in at the precise moment Denis Ablyazin began his floor exercise - and it was so impressive, a blur of non stop tumbling including forward twisting tumbles from a run, forward twisting tumble into a double front and other impressive stunts that passed far too quickly for my surprised eye and somewhat addled brain to capture, especially without a pen and paper to write it all down.  As ever, there were a few steps on landing, and one very definite out of bounds, but Ablyazin is a real good old fashioned tumbler.  I don't like the fact that men's floor has reduced to a tumbling competition much, but it is exciting, a privilege to spy someone so close to the top of what is possible. Men's gymnastics is so much better t...