Before the Paris Olympics, the gymnastics player Flips “Flips” was more goals than the gold medal, as it seeks to change the gymnastics for men and show what the sport was really.
Friday, in The United States of America for the winter cup And with a bronze medal Under his belt, Richard appeared for the first time in the gymnasty costume for men allocated in an attempt to present it, as it was called, “a key in the modern era of the official uniform”-and he hoped that it will be built quickly in this sport.
Instead of narrow unit and pants covering the feet of gymnastics, Richard went to something more cold and more comfortable: the top of a tank and shorts that resemble the most specially basketball costume, and men can optional they wear in events like Pommel Horse, when their legs can scales the device.
Richard said in an interview that he has been working with a designer since the Paris games “to find all the pain points I hate about the uniform” to reach the ideal final product. They have collaborated with Turn Gymnastics – a men’s clothing company – to manufacture and produce uniforms.
“It is very simple, but it is a kind of feeling much more,” Richard said of the new appearance.
Soon, TURN and Richard will launch a website that enables gyms across the country to allocate and request the uniform of their teams to wear.
“People in the crowd will eventually get wearing our shirts, and they will wear the official Zina, which is something you do not see in gymnastics,” Richard said.
The new outfit came at a cost to Richard on Friday: Three tenths, a point that started from its comprehensive degrees-a punishment that could be the decisive factor in the very competitive meetings.
The national team is determined in the winter Cup, but Richard already has a spot as a member of the men’s gymnastics team in the Paris Olympics. He said he would not have to compete for their sites again for another year.
The new outfit is part of Richard’s largest plan to bring men to men to the sports age.
“I feel that these four years for me are, like the arc of changing sport,” said Richard. “Not only change the rules or change the uniform, but bring more attention to sports, partnership with different athletes, partnership with different artists, partnership with different people, to bring eyes to gymnastics and my story novel.”
Richard grew up, “feeling uncomfortable or somewhat embarrassed to tell people that I am gymnastics” for many reasons, but the uniform was great.
He felt that he could not even go to the fuel station after training without people wondering why wearing tight dress. I was wondering, “Why does this seem still?” When the patterns changed a lot.
Richard said: “There was no innovation in that, no renewal of it,” Richard said.
So he jumped on the opportunity to make a change – both for the younger and children who may be in a similar position now.
We had these Olympic games. We have achieved our successes. “It seems to be the renewal of men’s gymnastics,” Richard said. “Anything we are excited to change, let’s go to it.”
Fortunately for Richard, many in the gymnastics world responded well for his innovation, especially his college gymnastics colleagues who said the time has come to change.
Richard hopes to give this costume of gymnastics of all ages and other option levels without the need to accept point discounts.
He said he sees a clear way for this in university gymnastics, where the team’s coaches can vote to make a change in the base. Richard said that many of the college coaches he knew on board.
He said that gymnastics for children do not adhere to the same book as the rules, so the switch can occur faster.
It is more difficult on the world stage, so Richard said he spoke to international gymnastics officials about the uniform.
He said that they asked him to wear the uniform to a meeting to show that he does not only seem good, but it is also safe to compete in it, and know if it makes people talk about whether the time has come to change. If more traction is gained, officials will have to vote on a final decision on whether it will be allowed.
The United States of America told gymnastics that it does not have an official comment, but it indicated that Richard is wearing what is comfortable with it and taking the International Gymnastics Federation, or form, as a result. The shape did not respond to the request to comment on Richard’s costume.
Richard ranked second in everything in the winter Cup with 159,000, that is, more than a full point behind the winner Riley Los, who scored 160,850.
Richard said that he will appear uniform in every individual meeting he attends while working with his role to launch his website and Frederick’s official line to the world. By next season, Richard said he hoped to see children and university students wearing his designs on a mat.
“My dream is to walk at the Los Angeles Olympics, the ability to wear it,” Richard said.