2025 Gymnastics Social Media bits

[JaJa]

This is a scream

 

[MaryClare]

When you’re 7 years old and can’t quite jump to the high bar yet…

 

[Hatsumomo]

She didn't even need to duck her head when walking underneath the low bar.

 

[RedBirdie]

and the low bar was a heck of a lot lower back then.

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

Everything about Kim Gwang Suk is astonishing, really.

 

[RedBirdie]

Highly doubtful we'll ever get the real story, but boy would I love to know it.

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

Highly doubtful we'll ever get the real story, but boy would I love to know it.

Just in case we ever do, I'm going on the record now as Team Probably Of Age in 91-92. It seems more likely to me that North Korea failed to notice when they no longer needed to lie than it is that she did those 87 Druzhba routines aged no more than 9.

 

[MaryClare]

Just in case we ever do, I'm going on the record now as Team Probably Of Age in 91-92. It seems more likely to me that North Korea failed to notice when they no longer needed to lie than it is that she did those 87 Druzhba routines aged no more than 9.

They definitely weren’t slick about it. One of her team mates who competed at the druzhba meet in 87, had competed at the university games the year before!

 

[Hatsumomo]

Speaking of 87 Druzhba: