Olympic Gymnastics Trials | Gabby Douglas Excels On Uneven Bars
It turns out having gold medal-worthy skills on the mat or the pitch doesn"t necessarily guarantee success in all kinds of fitness skills.
That much is obvious in a new video by Glamour, who invited a pack of American female Olympic hopefuls to show off their hula hoop skills on camera.
Among the athletes in the video are gymnastsGabby Douglas and Simone Biles, who both prove themselves totally hopeless when it comes to keeping a hoop from falling.
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A swing... Gymnast Simone Biles is one of several athletes to star in a new video by Glamour showing Olympic hopefuls trying to master the hula hoop
...and a miss: As do many of the athletes, Simone proves less than skilled in the task, quickly losing her hoop to the ground
Similar skills: Olympic gymnastics champion Gabby Douglas has no success at all, insisting that she must have "a defective one"
"I can hula hoop for a really long time!" Simone initially boasts before letting the hoop fly. She manages maybe three rounds with the hoop before it falls to the ground.
Onlookers off screen break into laughter, to which Simone responds by laughing and exclaiming: "Is this hula hoop broken?!"
As for Gabby, she has even less luck with her hula hoop, trying multiple times before concluding:"I have a defective one!"
After even more unsuccessful attempts, embarrassed Gabby exclaims in exasperation: "Oh my gosh... why?!"
"Isn"t this like a really good ab exercise or something?" Paralympian Jessica Long shows herself to be a bit of a rookie on the hoop
Defeated: Olympic champion Kayla Harrison seems annoyed with her own unsuccessful attempts, saying "I"m a judo player! I should be good with my hips!"
Not so much: Kayla Banwarth lets out a loud squeal as she fails to keep the orange hoop circling around
Having a laugh: Kristin Armstrong tries her best to keep the hoop above her hips but eventually loses it to the ground
Simone and Gabby are joined by plenty of their fellow Rio 2016 hopefuls, including Jessica Long, a Paralympic swimmer, who remarks to the filmmakers:"Isn"t this like a really good ab exercise or something?" before similarly failing at the task.
"I"m competitive so I have to do it for a long time," says another Olympian Kayla Harrison, who also becomes shocked that she isn"t any good at working the hoop. "I"m a judo player! I should be good with my hips!"
Volleyball player Kayla Banwarth lets out a squeal as she drops her hoop, while sprinter Allyson Felix gives an honest try, dropping to bended knees to try and keep her hoop from falling.
BMX pro Alise Post, swimmer Maya DiRado and diver Abby Johnston all barely get the hoop around their hips once before losing the rhythm, while shooter Kim Rhode takes a different route by swinging the hoops around her arms.
A different idea: Kim Rhode takes a different route by swinging her hoops over her arms
Some success: Swimmer Natalie Coughlin and wrestler Adeline Gray show that not all athletes are failures at the hoop
Keeping it up: Hurdler Dawn Harper Nelson displays her skills and claims that "for me, it"s nothing"
Showing how it"s done: RunnerAlysia Montano claims she could hoop "literally... all day"
Not every athlete is a total failure at the task, however. Swimmer Natalie Coughlin manages to work up an impressive rhythm, eventually asking the filmmakers if they want her to keep going.
Wrestler Adeline Grey also manages to hoop her way to a big smile and an exclamation of "Yay!" to the camera.
"For me, it"s nothing," says hurdler Dawn Harper Nelson as she keeps her hoop going seemingly with ease. "Skills. Skills."
Similarly successful is Alysia Montano, who extends her arms with a confident gesture as she hoops away. "Literally....all day!" she says.
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3674339/I-defective-one-Gabby-Douglas-Simone-Biles-American-Olympic-hopefuls-try-hands-hula-hooping-fail-spectacularly.html
