Hana Ricna Interview
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Ricna is a Czechoslovakian two-time World medalist, 1988 Olympian and three-time Olomouc medalist (the Soviet organized Alternative Olympics in 1984). She took second all-around at Olomouc to Soviet great, Mostepanova. The stadler tkatchev is named after her; a skill used often by the current generation of elites. Her son competed for Stanford gymnastics and Czech Republic at the Rio Olympics. Her daughter just finished her senior year on the Stanford gymnastics team, where she performed her mom's floor routine in tribute. She started gymnastics at age four and thinks she won her first pre-elite junior championship around age 8 (Czech papers reported she was 8. Ricna she said she thinks she was 9 but doesn't remember).
How The Ricna came to be and what she thinks of the way her skill is performed now
00:5:35 All the trouble she got into and wild things she did as a young gymnast
Skills she trained, including a tucked full on beam and a full twisting Hindorf
Her shoulder dislocation on vault at the 1986 Ahoy Cup in Rotterdam and subsequent surgeries
Her experience post-injury at the 1988 Seoul Olympics
What the Czech athletes were told about the boycotted 1984 Olympic Games
Competing at the legendary, famed, holy grail of gymnastics, the alternative-Olympics in her home country, the Olomouc Friendship Games
The great Czech Olympic Champion, Vera Caslavska as a coach and friend
Reflects on how she was trained and fueled in the 80's
What she would change about her elite training now that she has coached for 30 years
The divergent attitudes of her gymnast children - Stanford, World Championships and a Rio Olympian who was obsessed with Kohei.
Watching her daughter, Sandra Jessen (FIG licensed as Jessenova ), compete her 1980's floor routine this year, for Stanford
Transiting to post-professional athlete life and flying into the U.S. Customs without a visa
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OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I love her eponymous skill the Ricna, one of the prettiest skills. Hana, if you see this, you changed the game for gymnastics. You were a wonderful, amazing, incredible person and I love your gymnastics to this day. Thank you so much for doing this interviews. It was absolutely wonderful.
This interview was great! Thank you Hana for agreeing to this interview.
Hana's interview is so refreshing and entertaining, thanks for posting it !
This was such a good interview! Hana seems like a reel delight to be around!
A very special perspective and interview.
More like this!! The great 70s/80s gymnasts have so many interesting stories about training methods, innovating skills, and differences in then and now. I love watching NCAA gym but it gets so repetitive, and interviews tend to be nearly identical.
Soooo excited for this episode! 🎉
Loved this .. loved Hana and was great to hear her background
Great interview with the lovely Hana Ricna. Thank you Jessica for awesome interview and editing. A+
@GymCastic
2 ай бұрын
Thank you!
No way,! She is my coach! Not a joke!
Next episode, pleaseeeeeee discuss the 2024 Russian championships that just happened. My god, the artistry, body movement, and balletic approach. I forgot what we are missing from Russian gymnastics
@Raven-ll9lm
2 ай бұрын
I don't miss the scary landings on vault (and floor), but other than that I agree
@darklight1030
2 ай бұрын
@@Raven-ll9lm true, but also plenty of those from other gymnasts outside of Russia too
@Raven-ll9lm
2 ай бұрын
@@darklight1030 yes, but I always realize the amount of scary landings when watching Russian nationals. I honestly don't know how Melnikova still hasn't ruptured her achilles or broken her ankle. That double pike in event finals was scary
@darklight1030
2 ай бұрын
@@Raven-ll9lm don't say things like that!!! Goodness, knock on wood haha
@Raven-ll9lm
2 ай бұрын
@@darklight1030 I mean she has been fine with those landings for like eight years now, so we'll just stay positive that nothing will happen. She seems to be one of the very few Russian gymnasts who never had a serious injury I think
too bad this video has a green washing Exon comercial nailed to the opening!!!