The Winter Paralympics 2014 opens tomorrow marking the last event of three years full of sporting prowess. Whether they are experts on the snow, on the beam or on the court sportsmen and women from across the world have been training for years in the build up to the Olympics and Paralympics (2012/2014). Although they come from different countries, backgrounds and disciplines all of them have one thing in common- they have spent their lives fighting for perfection.
Indeed the majority of the gymnasts, tennis players, skiers etc., who have taken part in the recent glut of sporting competitions have been involved in sports since they were young children. Their moment on the medal podium is a very small part of their journey to be the best and even when they win that gold medal they have still not achieved perfection- ‘the judge always takes something off, right’!
On March 1st gymnastic coach and journalist Lindsey Dicking’s film premier took place at The Roxy Cinema, Ulverston. Fighting for Perfection examines the perseverance and hard work required from these sportsmen to reach that podium. It follows the story of Molly, played by Emma Newsham a regional gymnast who has been practicing on the beam and vault since she was six years old, as she tries to achieve a faultless routine. The film is designed to explore the idea of perfection asking whether it can be achieved or whether it is just something you experience in the moment ‘when any imperfection are oblivious to you’.
Fighting for Perfection
Ciera McGill |
The Winter Paralympics 2014 opens tomorrow marking the last event of three years full of sporting prowess. Whether they are experts on the snow, on the beam or on the court sportsmen and women from across the world have been training for years in the build up to the Olympics and Paralympics (2012/2014). Although they come from different countries, backgrounds and disciplines all of them have one thing in common- they have spent their lives fighting for perfection.
Indeed the majority of the gymnasts, tennis players, skiers etc., who have taken part in the recent glut of sporting competitions have been involved in sports since they were young children. Their moment on the medal podium is a very small part of their journey to be the best and even when they win that gold medal they have still not achieved perfection- ‘the judge always takes something off, right’!
On March 1st gymnastic coach and journalist Lindsey Dicking’s film premier took place at The Roxy Cinema, Ulverston. Fighting for Perfection examines the perseverance and hard work required from these sportsmen to reach that podium. It follows the story of Molly, played by Emma Newsham a regional gymnast who has been practicing on the beam and vault since she was six years old, as she tries to achieve a faultless routine. The film is designed to explore the idea of perfection asking whether it can be achieved or whether it is just something you experience in the moment ‘when any imperfection are oblivious to you’.