Actual footage from India’s 2012 Olympic gymnastic team tryouts.
Idiot Proof: Samir went against his coach’s advice and decided the judges would be more impressed with a deft one-handed slap of the pummel horse as he careened past than another boring routine composed of scissors and circles.








Samir’s performance was still good enough to make him the top qualifier for India’s 2012 Olympic team in the pummel horse (the country has 1 billion people and has only won 9 gold medals…ever).