There are some feats you don't write about. One, because you just do not have the necessary expertise to comment on a person's skills. And two, because that feat is so incredible, all you can do is gawk.
In such cases what you do is to show the feat. Catch Jozef Wadecki tumble. There are so many flips and spins here in a few seconds, that you lose count.
This video clip of the Polish tumbler performing has gone viral. (Yes, for the uninitiated, as I was, gymnasts that practice acrobatic tumbling are called tumblers). This though is clearly not the first or last time that Jozef Wadecki turned into a human spring on fast forward, spinning in the air, landing on a 25-metre track only to be off in the air again to twist and tumble.
There are other videos on YouTube of his performances at the World Games 2005, which he won, and the Tumbling World Championship where he won a Bronze medal.
I would certainly like to see what the two Chinese tumblers who grabbed Gold and Silver did. This video could be from 2005, when, as a 17-year-old, Wadecki won his many accolades.
Since I am at a complete loss to explain, in technical terms or otherwise, just what Wadecki does on this video, I shall quote Yahoo Sports, which describes it as, "Wadecki performing a front flip off the springboard, a whipback (a no-handed back handspring), back handspring, triple twist, whipback, back handspring, triple twist. As if that weren't enough, he then performs a round-off right into a double layout, whipback, back handspring double layout, whipback, whipback, double back with a full twist."
Also caught an interview on
www.acrobaticsports.com which too seems to date back to 2005. Asked what he would like to be wished for the future, Wadecki says - "Foremost, Health."
More power to you, Mr Wadecki.
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