A few weeks ago, Australian professional gymnast Heath Thorpe uploaded a video clip of himself executing a switch step with a half turn.

Gymnasts generally upload to social networking snippets of routines they are working on in training. Exactly what produced this strange was that the ability is seen in women's floors programs a never ever in men's room gymnastics.

Thorpe accomplished they beautifully. Swinging his lengthy best lower body into the top, the guy started the half turn and stretched into an entire divide, possibly even a little beyond. He got in a kneeling position about mat, chin-up, together with his left supply extended before him.

Underneath the videos, the responses are effusive. Giulia Steingruber, a Swiss elite gymnast and Olympic medalist, questioned Thorpe if however worry about loaning her several of his flexibility for the following couple of weeks as she competes in Tokyo.