Vanessa Ferrari - La più forte ginnasta italiana di tutti i tempi - pre Londra 2012 (by TheThaliaGroup)

Short documentary about Vanessa Ferrari

Brief summary: Vanessa says she started gymnastics when she was 7 in her hometown, a year later she started training in Brescia and started doing two training sessions everyday when she was nine, while going to school in the evening and she says it was very hard. 

Then her coach says he wants her to be healthy in London so that she can compete at her best and have fun doing it, because she didn’t enjoy her experience in Beijing at all, she was injuried and had to stop training for a month and a half one month before the olympics.

Vanessa says that, now, she wishes she didn’t even go to Beijing because it was a bad experience for her and wants to be at her best in London to have a better experience and have fun.

My comment: In that footage from Beijing she looks so thin!!! Now she looks a lot healthier and I think she’s gotten really pretty :)

Also, I feel really bad for her and her bad experience in Beijing. She had so much pressure on her by her coaches, her parents, the media, the italian federation and also herself, plus she was in bad physical shape and couldn’t perform at her best, I remember after the AA she was being interviewed and just started crying and went away, it was heart breaking. I really hope she can redeem herself in London and have a good time.

Ginnaste Episode 18 (Part 1) (by ilariab100)

Episodes 16 and 17 have not been uploaded to Youtube yet, but the guy has uploaded episode 18 so here it is with subtitles.

I hope he’ll upload the missing ones too!

Meanwhile, season 2 of Ginnaste started last week :)

Ginnaste - Episode 15 (Part 2) (by ilariab100)

Sorry it took so long!

Date of birth: 21/09/1993

Important results: 2007 EYOF: Balance Beam Silver

2009 Mediterranean Games: Team Silver, All Around Silver, Balance Beam Bronze, Floor Gold.

2009 World Championships: Balance Beam 4th

2010 European Championships: Team 5th, Balance Beam 6th

2010 World Championships: Team 8th, All Around 24th

2011 European Championships: Balance Beam Bronze

2011 World Championships: Team 9th

2012 Test Event: Team Gold

Strongest Event: Balance Beam

Weakest Event: Uneven Bars

Date of birth: 10/11/1990

Important Results: 2004 Junior European Championships: Team Bronze, Silver All Around, Bronze Balance Beam

2005 Mediterranean Games: Team Gold, All Around Gold, Vault Gold, Uneven Bars Silver, Balance Beam Gold, Floor Gold

2005 EYOF: Team Bronze, All Around Gold, Vault Silver, Uneven Bars Bronze

2006 European Championships: Team Gold, Floor Silver.

2006 World Championships: All Around Gold, Uneven Bars Bronze, Balance Beam 6th, Floor Bronze

2007 Paris World Cup: Uneven Bars Silver, Balance Beam Gold, Floor Gold

2007 European Championships: All Around Gold, Uneven Bars 6th, Balance Beam 8th, Floor Gold

2007 World Champinships: Team 4th, All Around Bronze

2008 European Championships: Team 4th

2008 Olympic Games: Team 9th, All Around 11th

2009 European Championships: All Around 9th, Floor Silver

2010 European Championships: Team 5th, Uneven Bars 7th, Floor 4th

2010 World Championships: Team 8th, All Around 11th, Floor 6th

2011 European Championships: All Around 6th, Uneven Bars 8th

2011 World Championships: Team 9th, All Around 12th

2012 Test Event: Team Gold, Floor Gold

5 times Italian champion

Strongest Event: Floor

Weakest Event: Vault

Date of birth:  16/05/1995

Important results: 2011 World Championships: Team 9th

Strongest Event: Uneven Bars

Weakest Event: Vault

Date of Birth: 30/08/1990

Important results: 2010 World Championships: Team 9th

Strongest Event: Balance Beam

Weakest Event: Vault

Date of birth: 28/10/1995

Important Results: 2011 European Championships

2011 World Championships: Team 9th

2012 London Test Event: Team Gold

Strongest Event: Uneven Bars

Weakest Event: Floor