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dtb-info:
After the four WCh’s-goals from Miroslav
Klose against Saudi Arabia and
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Klose
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Ireland
everyone in Germany definitely knows what a (forward)
salto is. But not only Klose is an acrobat on the floor ,
numerous other players from various nations present
gymnastics elements – provided that they have scored a
goal before.
Ireland’s
Robbie Keane showed after his goal
in the match against Germany the combination of round-off
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However,
the uncrowned “floor king“ up to now is Julius
Aghahowa from Nigeria. After his goal in the match
against Sweden he even presented seven flip-flops followed by a
backwards salto. It is not (yet) known if Julius plans to compete
for the Nigerian team at the artistic gymnastics World Championships
in Stuttgart 2007.
| DTB-President
Rainer Brechtken
is happy about the gymnastics presentations from the soccer players:
“This
confirms my opinion that a solid basic training in gymnastics leads
to a technically brilliant soccer player.“ (dtb-info,
7-June-2002)
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Further
technical hints and the latest state of best performances in floor
acrobatics – not only for soccer stars – were presented by the
participants of the last European Gymnastics Championships in Patras.
The organisers published video-clips which also include acrobatic series
on floor from:
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