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[–]denster 15 points16 points ago

My guess is fear rushed in in the last second, or basic instinct

[–]angrytortilla 12 points13 points ago

Or Indecent Proposal. Huh huh huh

[–]aspergers-hermit 2 points3 points ago

There was a Sliver of humor in your comment.

[–]nitrixion 2 points3 points ago

I'm sure he feels like The Accused person here.

[–]Trolly_McTrollerson 1 point2 points ago

I Lion King what you did there

[–]Y0urMom 5 points6 points ago

I was thinking more that she hit the spring board wrong and got launched sideways. You can see as the camera is pulling back that it looks like her full weight was on the right(our right) side of the board.

[–]LoversElegy 0 points1 point ago

I have to agree with you. Her arm movements suggests that when she jumps she thinks she's still in line for the beam, I don't see hesitation until she's in the air.

[–]Davidhotel 0 points1 point ago

Her? Looks like a guy to me. :O

[–]LoversElegy 0 points1 point ago

Could be a boy I suppose, I'm my phone so I can't look closely.

[–]evil_toad 8 points9 points ago

somebody has to ad the scumbag jedi to this

[–]NeonVolcom -1 points0 points ago

Please... anyone?

[–]mabonner -2 points-1 points ago

YES!! PLEASE!!! I NEEDS IT!!!

[–]Maj_LeeAwesome 2 points3 points ago

"Oooohh! A CRITICAL mistake right there. That'll cost her at least 10 and 2/3rds point!"

[–]La_mera_paipa 0 points1 point ago

Stock the landing on the rebound

[–]a1579 2 points3 points ago

How do you keep posting stuff every 10 minutes, every day? That's like a full time job.

[–]MadroxKran 0 points1 point ago

[–]GenericAsianGuy 2 points3 points ago

[–]the53rdcalypso 2 points3 points ago

I am almost afraid that asking "is this real?" will make me sound unbearably dumb, but: is this real? I need details.

[–]admiralwaffles 2 points3 points ago

At the end of the gif, it says, "Do not attempt. Contrived environment." It's an advertisement.

[–]the53rdcalypso 0 points1 point ago

So it does. Damn tiny white text.

[–]Raider1284 1 point2 points ago

"Apparently it's a series of ads for Craftsman tools, with the inexplicable theme that they're the official tools of NASCAR, but don't work well for other sporting equipment."

Its real in the sense that is actually happened in a studio. But this couldnt happen in "real life", as there is nothing to propel him the way he does.

[–]the53rdcalypso 0 points1 point ago

I assumed so. I was merely hopeful and needed context.

[–]jjesusfreak01 0 points1 point ago

You can tell its fake from the camerawork. It does that quick wobble zoom focus thing that you only see in shoddy documentaries where the cameramen are intentionally trying to look bad.

[–]turnleftdale 1 point2 points ago

Do you just constantly and blatantly repost things all day?

[–]KunnyK 1 point2 points ago

Haha. Maybe next time..

[–]scruffy01 1 point2 points ago

And another hope dashed for Germany

Diving

Vaulting

Skeet shooting?

[–]melance 0 points1 point ago

I don't know much about this event but can that launch pad they use malfunction and throw you sideways like that?

[–]LoversElegy 0 points1 point ago

If you don't land in the middle, yes.

[–]Sanitary_Lumpkin 0 points1 point ago

I clicked on this gif at the same time that I was reading the link headline above it. "Why India Shouldn’t Criticize U.S. on Sikh Shooting:"

[–]Drink_Deep 0 points1 point ago

All of that soft concrete for him to land on.

[–]AbsurdWombat 0 points1 point ago

We all just witnessed Gabby Douglass's first attempt at gymnastics

[–]Jedo_de_Xylo 0 points1 point ago

Olympic Nopeful.

[–]Ikarus3426 0 points1 point ago

Better than what I would have done.

[–]ratel_a 1 point2 points ago

Dammit India, get your shit together!

[–]Viktorious_ATL 1 point2 points ago

Eh Indians aren't known for being top notch Olympians.

But we'll take your jobs!

[–]ArmaanN 0 points1 point ago

We used to rock field hockey and archery

[–]Viktorious_ATL -1 points0 points ago

Yeah, I considered looking into running distance for India (while in junior high) if they were gonna give me citizenship (which they didn't, I was born in the USA).

[–]ArmaanN 0 points1 point ago

You could probably make it to the olympics of you began a citizen. It's embarrassing to be an Indian when sporting events are taking place. If people cared about chess, however, we would be gods.

[–]Viktorious_ATL -1 points0 points ago

I don't know, I think running has gotten more competitive (plus my competition caught up to me after 9th grade and I didn't improve much relative to them in high school). Also I began focusing more on schoolwork, haha.

I ran in college but I'm in graduate school now so I just jog occasionally.

[–]NoVaGuy -1 points0 points ago

malnourished

[–]I_AM_GRUMPY 0 points1 point ago

I knew this was going to be rough because your username is scopolamina

[–]chrizbreck 0 points1 point ago

Im so glad the vaulting table has changed over the years.

[–]aspergers-hermit 0 points1 point ago

I've done that before. The vault used to be a lot more scary before they nerfed it.

[–]alphanumerica 0 points1 point ago

It's like he was blown off course at the last second then panicked in the air.

[–]sokratesz 0 points1 point ago

Smooth recovery.

[–]nerph_herder 1 point2 points ago

If you don't adjust for the rotation of the Earth, this is what can happen.

[–]WIDE_OPEN_BEAVERS 0 points1 point ago

While watching the olympics I keep wondering what all these gymnasts first few thousand attempts looked like. Probably a bit like this.

[–]applied4 1 point2 points ago

Very good reflexes by the person standing by the spring board. He started moving the second she hit the spring board wrong.

[–]TuRapid 0 points1 point ago

A slight 1/10 Deduction. But stuck the rebound.

[–]adw00t 0 points1 point ago

Smoking too much kid...or just bailed out last second?

[–]squack95 0 points1 point ago

He/she decided to take the road less traveled.

[–]WoodburyMN 0 points1 point ago

Fast trainer response. Bravo!

[–]niamhish 0 points1 point ago

I laughed out loud and scared my cat away.

[–]milleribsen 0 points1 point ago

is it bad that I just thought of the Canadian gymnast in the vault finals?

[–]slamdunk6662003 0 points1 point ago

You were supposed to throw the game not practice ....dammit kid

[–]MKSLAYER97 0 points1 point ago

That's going to cost her a few points.

[–]xandora 0 points1 point ago

This was when Michael Jackson decided he should probably stick to finding a career in music.

[–]StillAnAss 0 points1 point ago

That would have been a silver medal in 1956

[–]Vinyls_Scratch 0 points1 point ago

Bad vault, nice ninja roll... HE WILL BECOME A NINJA AND THEN INVADE THE OLYMPICS TO MAKE RIGHT WHAT HE DID WRONG JUST OH-SO-LONG AGO!

[–]fangsby 0 points1 point ago

Olympic hopeless.

[–]8_4_Schu -1 points0 points ago

Missed it by THAT much!

[–]OwnCarmacode -3 points-2 points ago

paraolympic hope