ʻO ka hoaaloha mua, ka lua o ka hoʻokūkū

Ma ʻAukake 3, ka manawa Beijing, ua lanakila ʻo Guan Chenchen he 16 makahiki i kāna kiʻi kiʻi ʻo Simone Biles ma ke kaola kaulike o nā wahine no ka lanakila ʻana i ke kolu o ka mekala gula o Kina ma ka haʻuki mele, ʻoiai ua lanakila kāna hoa hui ʻo Tang Xijing i ka mekala kālā. No Guan, ʻo ke komo wale ʻana i ka 'Olumepika he moeʻuhane ia. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo Biles koʻu kumu hoʻohālike. ʻAʻole au i manaʻo e lanakila ma luna o ia i koʻu hoʻomaka 'Olumepika ma Tokyo, "wahi a ka 16 makahiki. ʻO Biles a me kāna hoa hui ʻAmelika ʻo Sunisa Lee i hoʻokokoke pono aku iā Guan e hoʻomaikaʻi aku i ka hōkū ʻōpio Kina i kona lanakila.

ʻO ka lāʻau kaulike he mea hana haʻuki kiʻi ʻehā, a me ka hanana i hana ʻia me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mea hana. ʻO ka mea hana a me ka hanana i kekahi manawa i kapa ʻia ʻo "beam". Uhi mau ʻia nā kaola me nā mea ʻili-like, a ʻehā mau ʻīniha wale nō ka laulā.

Ma ke ʻano he mea hana ʻoihana haʻuki ʻoihana, ʻo nā lako gymnastics kekahi o kā mākou huahana nui, ua hoʻolako mākou i nā ʻano mea hana gymnastic āpau no ka hoʻokūkū a me ke aʻo ʻana. No kā mākou pale kaulike no ka hoʻokūkū, aia nā hiʻohiʻona ma lalo nei:

a.Rigid hoʻoikaika kino alumini;

b. Uhi ʻia me ka ʻili o luna;

c.Quick a maʻalahi ka hoʻoponopono kiʻekiʻe;

d.Strong a paʻa ka anti-rust hoʻolālā;

e. He kūpono no ke aʻo ʻana a me ka hoʻokūkū;

ʻOiaʻiʻo, ma waho aʻe o ka lāʻau kaulike no ka hoʻokūkū, loaʻa iā mākou nā hiʻohiʻona ʻē aʻe, hiki ke kūpono no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i nā manawa like ʻole a me nā makahiki, a hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia.