# Holy crap, check out this gymnast

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-check-out-this-gymnast/578250>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 13, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-check-out-this-gymnast/578250 "2011-04-13T18:09:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-check-out-this-gymnast/578250/1 "2011-04-13T18:09:05Z")

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[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7KYAVIOAMI)

I’ve never seen something so breakneck.

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**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-check-out-this-gymnast/578250/2 "2011-04-13T18:11:11Z")

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Meh, I did that on my way to work this morning.\*

\*Not intended to be a factual statement.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-check-out-this-gymnast/578250/3 "2011-04-13T18:17:50Z")

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Sorry, he muffed the ending when he took a step backwards. Do over!

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**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-check-out-this-gymnast/578250/4 "2011-04-13T18:41:16Z")

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An actually funny YouTube comment: “This is how I walk to school every day”

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-check-out-this-gymnast/578250/5 "2011-04-13T18:43:54Z")

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I once did that on a hot parking lot in bare feet in July.

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**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-check-out-this-gymnast/578250/6 "2011-04-13T18:58:15Z")

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Never seen a [fast track](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqUVb6L95y0#t=5m02s) before?

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**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-check-out-this-gymnast/578250/7 "2011-04-13T21:35:58Z")

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Wonder if we’ll see him at the London Olympics?

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-check-out-this-gymnast/578250/8 "2011-04-13T21:39:12Z")

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> [@Max\_Torque](#):
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> Never seen a [fast track](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqUVb6L95y0#t=5m02s) before?

The editing on that video makes me want to punch video editors. Let me actually watch what’s going on, you dickheads!!!

By the way, what they’re doing is amazing.