Professional athletes are able to do things that surprise us over and over again. That is especially true of those who prepare their entire lives, such as gymnasts.
When you consider all of the skill and flexibility it takes to be a gymnast, it’s amazing that anyone is able to live up to the name. Some of them have done quite well for themselves and for the audience, there’s nothing more exhilarating.
When you watch a gymnast at work, you can’t help but notice the coordination it takes to do the routine. Sometimes, you are doing it on your own and at other times, you are working along with others.
Anastasiia Parshina, Daria Chebulanka, and Mariia Bakhtiarova are the gymnasts on the Russian Women’s Acrobatics team, and they have a lot of talent at their disposal. Recently, they were at the 29th European Championships in Acrobatic Gymnastics for Seniors and Juniors.
There wasn’t a moment during their performance when you couldn’t tell that they had put all of their heart into it. They were performing to the song, It’s Raining Men, and the routine was everything you would expect it to be.
There were a number of stunts included in the routine that really took us by surprise. Towers, handstands, and balances were among them.
There was one particular move, however, that really surprised us. One of the gymnasts was smaller than the others, and they picked her up and threw her into the air as if she weighed nothing.
If you would like to see this for yourself, you can do so in the following video.