
Igor Cassina: Olimpiadi 2004 Atene medaglia d'oro (gara, intervista e premiazione) - Olympics 2004 Athens gold medal (9.812) "The 'Cassina straight' is a double straight with a twist. Basically, it is the development of the Kovacs straight (with double straight backwards over the horizontal bar) that I was already able to perform when I was 13 years old and only 2 gymnasts worldwide could perform it. After the Olympics in Sydney, together with my trainer Maurizio Allievi, we started to study it more frequently. I tried and tried it, day after day in order to 'get into' the move. We came out with this idea because I am particularly gifted for performing straight at the horizontal bar. I took advantage of my height (1,80mt = 5.9 feet, which is rather anomalous for a gymnast) in order to be more dynamic and have more style in my moves. I showed it for the first time during the 2001 World Championship in Ghent, where the International Gymnastics Federation 'FIG', recognized it as very original and virtuous move and decided to call it with my name since I was the first gymnast in the world to present and perform it. It was then introduced in the International Code as a high difficulty element." "Il movimento Cassina consiste in un doppio salto teso con un avvitamento. Si tratta sostanzialmente dello sviluppo del salto Kovacs (doppio salto all'indietro sopra la sbarra) che, già all'età di 13 anni, quando solo 2 ginnasti al mondo lo eseguivano, sono riuscito a realizzarlo. Dopo <b>...</b>
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