Farah Ann Abdul Hadi is one of the Malaysian national teams’ most experienced and well-known gymnasts. Known for her beautiful smile and elegant gymnastics, she shines on floor and beam. Trained by Ukrainian coach Nataliya Sinkova, Farah Ann struggled to overcome a serious back injury to earn her place on the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games team, a dream opportunity for her. Both she and her sister, Katrina Ann, who is a diver, competed at these Games. With a strong team, and the help of Farah Ann, Malaysia placed fourth at these Games, a massive improvement from their eighth place finish at the 2006 Games.
Farah Ann answered the Couch Gymnast ten Questions this week;
What is your coach always having to remind you?
My coach is always reminding me too straighten my knee’s and point my toes during acro skills. Another thing that my coach reminds me is to watch my weight. Hehe..=D
What is your proudest moment?
My proudest moment is competing at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. This is my proudest moment because it is the biggest competition that I have ever competed in and also because I got to represent my country and make my parents proud. Other than that, when my friends and family found out that I was competing everyone gave me words of encouragement and wished me luck. They also watched me compete on TV.
What is your most embarrassing moment?
My most embarrassing moment was when I was younger and I was competing. I was competing on the vault and I just landed. I wanted to stick my landing so much that I didn’t want to move my feet- until the point that I lost my balance and touched the floor! In the end I got a lot of deductions! Other embarrassing moments are sometimes when I walk around the gym I sometimes trip over mats and fall!
What makes you angry?
Things that make me angry are when I train and I do a skill and I can’t get it right. So, I keep doing it over and over again but I still can’t get it right. Also, people who betray me and talk about me behind my back is another thing that makes me angry.
What makes you laugh?
Many things make me laugh. During training when I do something silly or when I slip up or my teammates do something funny I usually crack up laughing.
Sometimes when my coaches mimic how we do a skill or tell us jokes it makes me laugh.
Spending time with my team mates is always a laugh when we hang out or go for competitions together we always end up laughing our heads off.
If you could have a superpower, what would it be?
If I could have a superpower it would be the ability to fly. It would be really cool to do any acro skills because I wouldn’t land on my butt..haha….
If you had a whole day off to do whatever you wanted to do, what would you do?
I would spend time with my family and go to the beach and scuba dive, or go catch a movie with my friends and just hang out.
If you could have the career of any other gymnast, who would it be?
It would be Nastia Liukin because she is an Olympic winner and it is my dream to go to the Olympics.
What makes gymnastics different from other sports?
I think gymnastics is a much more challenging sport and you have to be very focused and brave. What other sport needs you to propel your self in the air and be graceful and strong?
