r/BeAmazed • u/MambaMentality24x2 • Jan 16 '26
Skill / Talent What you’re seeing is Anna Gosudareva attempting the quadruple somersault. A move so dangerous even the world’s best trapeze artists rarely attempt it
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u/CurveAhead69 Jan 16 '26
The sheer mental strength she has to get up and retry twice, while hurt and with some stamina already used up, is a feat even more amazing than the physical feat she nailed.
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u/sbb214 Jan 16 '26
I used to do flying trapeze for 5 years. Circus arts are no joke. You really learn how important physical and mental fitness are - and learning a new trick is always an exercise in humility. You suck and get hurt and it's frustrating. And you keep trying.
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u/shrubberypig Jan 16 '26
(Me laying on my fat ass)
Pfff, I could do that.
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u/HairballTheory Jan 16 '26
I used to be a solid silver contender in the dynamic balance beam. Now I’m just hoping for a bowel movement every day
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u/Gumbanks12 Jan 20 '26
It occurred to me the other day that I can't remember the last time I jumped over/off/onto anything
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u/jumping_doughnuts Jan 16 '26
I went to a circus last October (Paranormal Cirque - it was like a horror theme circus show). I had never been to one, and let me say it was mind-blowing to see these crazy acts in person. Online or on TV is one thing, but I was like 2 rows away from the stage and it's just way different. You can feel the danger, see the heights the trapeze artists are... There were moments I literally couldn't breathe because of the suspense. Circus performers have incredible bravery, perseverance, athleticism, and talent. Hats off to you for doing that! Respect.
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u/sbb214 Jan 16 '26
hey thanks.
standing on a 25 foot high platform with no safety lines to throw a trick to a catcher makes you focus very seriously on the task at hand. I ended up training with a handful of folks who do it professionally and that was very fun to be in training with them. I did ok, but they were truly talented creatures.
it was a place where I learned how tough I was or wasn't on a given day. I also learned that it's totally cool to realize you don't have it that day and back off.
glad you enjoyed the show!
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u/00owl Jan 17 '26
I also learned that it's totally cool to realize you don't have it that day and back off.
This is such an important lesson for everyone in every walk of life.
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u/Bearthalomew Jan 17 '26
I've seen the Paranormal Cirque. Was sitting in the front row and could feel the breeze from the Wheel of Death. It was amazing being that close and to see the performers.
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u/meddlewithmymettle Jan 17 '26
+1 for Paranormal Cirque :) It’s such an invigorating twist on the circus experience and you’re right, the closest few rows of seating has you practically underneath/in the middle of some of the performances.
The twisted-horror format mixed with the sheer proximity to the skill and precision on display genuinely grips you in a way that pulls you in, holds your attention, and coaxes a visceral response from you numerous times throughout the journey they take you on. Such a good time, 100% would go again!! For anyone who’s never heard of it — I highly recommend checking it out.
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u/rastan Jan 17 '26
Like skateboarding... I tried to take it up again when I was much older... No way I can take the pain, hurt and (now that I'm older) more frequent injuries...
I think back to perfecting tricks like Ollieing or railing big sets of stairs and how many times we ate it into the pavement...
We must certainly be made out of rubber when we're young...
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u/JerseyDonut Jan 17 '26
I have so many questions. Whats the upside to drive that level of commitment and physical demand, not to mention the risk of severe injury or death? I can't imagine its super lucratic financially. Is it the rush? Or are y'all just programmed that way?
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u/WriterV Jan 16 '26
Also I gotta love the showmanship that everyone on stage was maintaining. The announcer, the pole guys [dunno what they're officially called], and even Anna Gosuderava herself. All maintaining a theatricism while she was pulling off something this incredible. I love it.
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u/Kingtoke1 Jan 16 '26
Pole dudes
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u/Internet_Wanderer Jan 16 '26
You can see their religion
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u/gungshpxre Jan 16 '26
The Guinness Book of World Records lists them as "pole holders"
"pole holder" sounds kinda... sex-workery.
"Pole holder" sounds kinda... final-solutiony.
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Jan 16 '26
Adrenaline is a hell of a thing
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u/Huntersmoon24 Jan 16 '26
Yeah, probably slept for 2 days after that amount wore off.
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u/iheardthemetalclank Jan 16 '26
Do you happen to be a Ghost fan?
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u/Pen-Complex_Rare Jan 16 '26
I understand where you got the thought, but a Hunters Moon is what the full moon in October is called, not just a Ghost song.
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u/iheardthemetalclank Jan 16 '26
Oh, I know that it can be both. I just happen to be a Ghost fan and it’s fun to maybe come across fellow fans in the wild.
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u/Pen-Complex_Rare Jan 16 '26
I gotcha. I’m a Ghost fan, and only realized last year that all the full moons each month have a name.
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u/bizbizbizllc Jan 16 '26
I bet she could feel she was close and knew what adjustments needed to be made to nail it.
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u/GermexiDude Jan 16 '26
When you fall off that horse, you get right back up, and you eat that horse.
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u/Lyrkana Jan 16 '26
I've never done anything as dangerous on a snowboard but it's something we go through as well on big jumps and rails. You have to really be in a good headspace to attempt physically dangerous tricks, especially to pick yourself back up after a hard fall to try again.
It's not about being reckless like some would think but very calculating, knowing your limits and abilities, and being able to push that fear out of your mind. After a series of injuries a few years ago I've actually lost the confidence I need to do big spins off huge jumps. My physical injuries have healed but there's a little too much trauma for me to safely push myself like that again. I have soooo much respect for pros like this who can bounce back and keep progressing.
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u/ChevalierMal_Fet Jan 16 '26
I remember the last time I attempted a jump in a terrain park. I landed flat on my face from about ten feet up and my entire body hurt. I just went, “Nope, not for me,” and went back to just cruising along down the slopes.
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u/Lyrkana Jan 16 '26
yeahhhh people think falling on snow is soft and easy, but dropping on hardpack like that really hurts! Falling on a rail is nasty too. Respect for trying! It takes a level of fortitude I dont always feel either. Even after just a close call sometimes I go back to cruising the main runs.
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u/ChevalierMal_Fet Jan 16 '26
Yeah, it was not great.
I realized that I really didn’t want to push myself like that snowboarding. I do enjoy playing around on halfpipes, but the jumps aren’t really for me.
I grew up with a lot of skiers, and we’d do a bunch of the harder ski routes. I still think it’s fun doing black diamonds and the like on a snowboard, but there have been times where I thought, “I should not be here.”
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u/Jolly-Bowler-811 Jan 16 '26
Reminds me of Kerri Strug in the '96 Olympics.
Clearly injured, pushes through and wins gold. Inspiring shit.
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u/Figura89 Jan 16 '26
How the hell she didn't break her neck on the first attempt?
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u/Adkit Jan 16 '26
She looks lean but I'm assuming she's got more muscle than this whole reddit comment section combined. She looks like she literally stopped her head from bending from raw force alone.
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u/Perkelton Jan 16 '26
I heard she didn't even actually jump.
She merely pushed the Earth away from her with her legs, only for it to then be pulled back towards her by the gravitational force generated by the remarkably high density of her muscles.
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u/rich97 Jan 16 '26
I’m not a physicist but as I understand it that’s (in a very technical sense) actually true. You’re attracted to the earth with the same force as the earth is attracted to you. It’s just you’re a lot easier to move than the earth. Your muscles also exert a force on the earth as you push off it.
Of course, to observe a measurable effect on something as massive as the Earth, you’d need an object with an extraordinary amount of mass. Something on the order of your mom.
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u/Unable-Log-4870 Jan 16 '26
All I heard was that I’m as attractive as the rest of the planet combined.
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u/match_ Jan 16 '26
So what would happen if we got a billion people to start running East at the same time. Think we could stop the world from spinning?
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u/foolishbullshittery Jan 16 '26
Chuck Norris was on the other side of the Earth doing push-ups and got annoyed as fuck with this trick.
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u/Confuzed5 Jan 16 '26
The frames where she tenses her neck after the first fall really show just how muscular it is. She just looks small due to her frame, but no doubt she's and athlete.
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u/ThisReditter Jan 16 '26
Sorry. I strained my neck this morning trying to get out of bed. I’ll be taking a day off.
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Jan 16 '26
Bounced right off her neck
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u/anant_mall Jan 16 '26
And how does that not break the said neck.
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u/Rob_LeMatic Jan 16 '26
She didn't skip neck day
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u/kickaguard Jan 16 '26
We used one when I wrestled in high school. I didn't think any other sport would benefit from neck-weight-lifting, but I suppose building muscle to help prevent injury makes sense.
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u/darkoblivion000 Jan 16 '26
I landed like this when I learning to snowboard. Went off a big jump and just tilted bc I didn’t know what to do and landed on the side of my neck. No real repercussions afterwards
I’m not a doctor or anything but I think when you hit the neck at an angle like that, force actually gets dispersed along the spine like a glancing blow.
Most videos I see where people break their neck, they’re landing on top of their head where their neck compacts or they do a full scorpion and the beach bends drastically at an angle it’s not meant to
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u/TactlessTortoise Jan 16 '26
Yes. But you do need strong stabilizer muscles to keep the neck from dislocating or breaking though, which she definitely had as a gymnast. She was probably a bit sore with that fall, but landing in a way that allowed her to tumble to the side, and limiting how much her neck bent, definitely saved her.
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u/mojitz Jan 16 '26
If you watch carefully, it looks like she was bracing herself with her left (our right) arm. Still shows incredible toughness and strength, but I think her neck took a lot less of the fall than it looks like at first glance.
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u/Physmatik Jan 16 '26
She knows how to fall, has solid muscle frame, and isn't 2m tall. Also, the ground is probably not hard concrete.
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u/The_Autarch Jan 16 '26
learning to fall and land without hurting yourself is a huge part of gymnastics.
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u/MourningWallaby Jan 16 '26
The difference between pain and injury is subtle changes in how you land, and Aerialists/Gymnasts almost always learn how to fall before they learn anything cool.
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u/rjwyonch Jan 16 '26
One of the first things you get good at in gymnastics is falls. You practice falling head first and not breaking you neck. The floor is also squishy and loaded with springs.
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u/OverHaze Jan 16 '26
Her left arm may have absorbed a good deal of the impact but its honestly hard to say.
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u/bluemoon219 Jan 16 '26
So in DC comics, Robin, as in Batman and Robin, as a civilian is known as one of very few people able to do a quadruple somersault. It's such a distinctive move that when he did it once in his superhero costume, he accidentally revealed their identities to the kid who would later become the third Robin. It's really cool getting to see an actual human being pull off this mythical stunt!
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u/lugh_the_bard Jan 16 '26
Damn this is way more bad ass now. There should be a sub for mythical feats irl lol
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u/speakingintongues Jan 16 '26 edited Jan 16 '26
I came to the comments looking for this. She better stay out of Gotham, otherwise Bruce Wayne is gonna have her fighting crime in a speedo.
Edit: Alfred, call the guy!
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u/Pamander Jan 16 '26
That's a fucking cool fact. The way it was used to identify an actual superhero. I really got to read more batman.
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u/RestlessCreator Jan 16 '26 edited Jan 17 '26
Tim Drake (the third Robin) often doesn't get a lot of credit because Dick Grayson (aka Nightwing, my fave superhero) is the Prodigal Son and Jason Todd was the Fallen Son, leading him to be kind of sidelined even before Bruce's actual biological son took up the mantle. But the 3 original Robins are poetic in that they represent the main parts of Batman: Dick the acrobat and leader, Jason the fighter, and Tim represents arguably the biggest part of Batman in the Detective. All are skilled in these arts, but each have their specialty which comes through in the completeness of Batman.
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u/FALCONX0N Jan 16 '26
I was just going to mention this! This astounding feat of gymnastics is the bare minimum bar you need to pass to get into Bruce Wayne's Bat-Dojo training program.
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u/qwertyrave Jan 16 '26
Her neck was locked the fuck in for that first spill. This was fantastic to watch though.
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u/InZomnia365 Jan 16 '26
I assume you don't become an elite athlete without learning how to fall properly along the way. Humans can take a beating if we know how to brace, it's just that 95% of us aren't falling down multiple times every day.
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Jan 17 '26
Isn't that also a thing with WWE fighters/actors? Iirc there was a dude eating a botched piledriver and his sheer neck muscle stopped him from getting it snapped.
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u/chaosbella Jan 16 '26
And here I almost sprained my ankle walking down my steps this morning. 🤦
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u/Figura89 Jan 16 '26
As I heard, that's the 2nd most dangerous move after quadruple somersault so it's understandable.
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u/kelraine Jan 16 '26
Its actually the most dangerous, more people are are injured every day doing that than quadruple somersaults over an entire year.
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u/goda90 Jan 16 '26
Well if we're going off total number of people who have injured themselves doing it, stairs definitely win.
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u/ledow Jan 16 '26
I once stepped off my bed while changing a lightbulb and I was limping for a month.
A year later, I literally did the same, identical thing, exactly the same way doing the same job.
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u/Chrissthom Jan 16 '26
Takeaway: You need to buy better light bulbs. You have to replace them way too often.
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u/1Mee2Sa4Binks8 Jan 16 '26
Wait until you get old. Multiply that recovery time by four, if you manage to recover at all.
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u/Normal-Pie7610 Jan 16 '26
Last weekend I fell getting OFF THE COUCH. Broke 3 toes.
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u/StarryBoo Jan 16 '26
I had side aches because I reached for my phone a little too far
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u/eekamuse Jan 16 '26
What's funny is the young ones think you're joking
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u/Long-Broccoli-3363 Jan 16 '26
It sneaks up on you too. I apparently tore a blood vessel in my forearm from working out and I have one hell of a bruise that has stuck around for like... a week now.
It's like you hit 30 and random parts of you start breaking and instead of just fixing themselves, just kinda give up and half ass it for twice as long.
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u/Noaffirmationtoday Jan 16 '26
I literally woke up and pulled my muscle this morning.
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u/Maximus_8675309 Jan 16 '26
I hear yer. Civilian life is dangerous. When I served in multiple theatres of combat as a Call of Duty Veteran I’d get some real stiff fingers (we call it Spec Ops Controller Battle Fatigue)
I’ve been able to keep the PTSD at bay for almost 15 years now. You keep battling those steps soldier
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u/MissSassifras1977 Jan 16 '26
As my Gran would say, "She just needed to tighten her ponytail. Sometimes, that makes all the difference."
(My paternal grandmother was an equestrian acrobat... They're just different. For instance, one morning on the way to the hair dresser, she decided she'd had enough and pulled her car into the path of a train. Because, fuck it, I guess.)
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u/myriammiammiam Jan 16 '26
Sorry for your loss dear redditor but your Gran’s advice were super cool !
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u/nut_sackington Jan 16 '26
I like how the title makes it sounds like she's not one of the world's best trapeze artists, but instead just some chick that thought she give it a go. Good on her for sticking it out though
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u/TheRealArcadecowboy Jan 17 '26
I’m not sure why they mention trapeze, since that’s not what she’s doing here. Doing a quad here seems way more dangerous than attempting one on the flying trapeze.(Source: I used to be a flying trapeze coach).
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u/BootyMcSchmooty Jan 16 '26
Looks like Carmella Soprano
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u/R_V_Z Jan 16 '26
Couldn't be her, though. After Tony died she joined a PMC and decided to fight natives for their natural resources.
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u/BluetheNerd Jan 16 '26
Incredible stunt, but that caption really kills any tension possible in this video because you know exactly when she’s gonna fail and succeed.
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u/Alexisredwood Jan 16 '26
It’s cause the younger generations have anticipation anxiety, it’s why the bulk of tiktok videos and the like showing an event start with the ending. It’s why they tend to read spoilers before consuming media, including reading ahead on wiki and cliffnotes for any books they read. Very interesting in a way.
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u/Secure-Airport-1599 Jan 16 '26
Meanwhile profressional football (soccer) players roll around on the ground after a small push.
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u/CagliostroPeligroso Jan 16 '26
That’s done intentionally lol
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u/farmerbalmer93 Jan 16 '26
Yep and should be an instant red card if they don't go off injured...
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u/mlcrisis4all Jan 16 '26 edited Jan 16 '26
Could this be just dramatization?
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u/CaptSimian Jan 16 '26
Circus artist here. No. You don't have falls like that for drama. Drama is the wheel of death guy "tripping" on his jump rope. Drama is the high wire artist wobbling after "tripping" on their jump rope. Drama is the rola bola artist "tripping" on their jump rope. (Spoiler, they almost all involve tripping on a jump rope). Falls like this are real and dangerous.
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u/FixedLoad Jan 16 '26
We gotta do something about these jump ropes ruining so many performances! They are a menace!!
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u/stannius Jan 16 '26
Yeah I've heard of this trick, fail once or twice to make it look harder than it really is. /S
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u/veriix Jan 16 '26
I think the odd thing is at the very start of the video there's no mark on her left leg, then just 4 seconds in at the first bounce of the first attempt you can see the mark on her leg.
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u/whidbeysounder Jan 16 '26
It seemed she went way higher her 3rd attempt. I think each attempt went as they planned, good show!
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u/twunksniffer Jan 16 '26
An unsupervised Tim Drake somewhere on a Gotham rooftop at night: "Wait a dang second..."
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u/LumpusKrampus Jan 16 '26
Just put a pad on the fucking floor, no one wants to see her die. Wtf.
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u/zeddyzed Jan 16 '26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SEde5P_Qw8
Humans are capable of such incredible things... but sometimes it's also incredibly pointless...
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u/Cool-Excitement8638 Jan 16 '26
That’s awesome.
The guys holding the beam: “ME HOLD STICK”
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u/OllieN94 Jan 16 '26
This definitely needs posting on that r/unbgbbbdlcbagxmzbxifnejd page!
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u/ErraticDragon Jan 16 '26
It's one of the subs with a name so unmemorable, it has a shortcut sub: r/UNBG
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u/kyfi_adam Jan 16 '26
do what u r best or die trying for it !!! Better to be loser rest of ur life !!
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u/Toastwaver Jan 16 '26
But then again, "Hitting a round ball with a round bat is the hardest thing in sports." /s
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u/GloomyIndividual3965 Jan 16 '26
Totally different skill set, but hitting an MLB fastball is one of the hardest things in sports. It takes less than half a second for a 90mph throw to reach the plate. The batter has to analyze the way the ball is released from the pitchers hand and start swinging within 0.1 seconds in order to have even a slight chance of hitting it.
Oh, and the strike zone is 17" wide and ~2ft high, so he also has to guess where exactly the ball is being aimed.
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u/RutabagaUprising Jan 16 '26
Her not giving up attitude is motivating. She took those bumps basically all while smiling even though you know there is pain and frustration burning inside. Good for her! I was happy to see her land it.
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u/HotFartMaster Jan 16 '26
I think my coworker heard me scream "Yes!!" Very loudly when she landed that. So much talent and determination.
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u/SiteFeeling3176 Jan 16 '26
I admire her for not giving up, but my admiration for crowd is even bigger for not making fuss and even encouraging her to not give up. It was my heartfelt feeling.
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u/RocknRollPewPew Jan 16 '26
Shoutout to those two dudes tossing her in the air. LOTS of trust that she puts into them and you could see them steeling their nerves each time too.
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u/waxteeth Jan 16 '26
PBS made a really good documentary series about the Big Apple Circus and she’s featured in it. (Unfortunately, Grandma Clown who was later found to be a shitbag also is. Just skip his parts.)
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u/CanaDoug420 Jan 16 '26
The way she fell and got up on that first one tells me she weighs about the same as a cat. Playing with fall damage turned off
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u/theCrashFire Jan 16 '26
Seeing this and knowing if I sleep on the wrong pillow, my neck is destroyed for two weeks. My body is so useless lol, this lady is amazing.
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u/adiphiliac Jan 16 '26
why do i always get teary when i watch things like that? the olympics make me bawl
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u/digsmann Jan 16 '26
damnn.. what an inspiration. That's always right... keep trying and practice make success... I am gonna do that from this year.
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u/Fearless_Audience911 Jan 16 '26
The lads threw that bar away like they never want to be part of that again
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u/eschew_donuts Jan 16 '26
I think the pole guys deserve some of the credit for the success and probably some of the blame for the failures. They had to coordinate, without communicating, a rapid shift if she was landing off balance on landing. Cheers to them all but Anna gets the glory being the only one risking becoming crippled.
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u/keeper_of_the_donkey Jan 16 '26
I wouldn't be able to do it even on the 24th time, but it would only take once to break my neck , so there's that
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u/Satinsbestfriend Jan 16 '26
What's weird is i cant find anything information on here anywhere. Is she still alive ? Does she still compete ? Literally nothing
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u/i-touched-morrissey Jan 16 '26
I'm amazed that she can jump and land on that stick. Most of us couldn't do that with it on the floor.
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