Cyr wheel
A Cyr wheel or Roue Cyr is a piece of sports or acrobatic equipment similar to the gym wheel , but with only one tire.
The IRV ( Internationaler Rhönradturn-Verband ) initially included the sports equipment under the official name Mono Wheel in the competition program. The name was changed to Cyr Wheel at the 2013 annual meeting of the association's management . For the first time, the Cyr Wheel was part of the title fights at the 2013 World Championships in Chicago.
The wheel consists of a bent steel tube; it is optionally coated with epoxy resin and taped in the places that need to be particularly easy to grip. The steel tube has a diameter of 3 to 5 centimeters, the tire itself has a diameter that is 10 to 20 centimeters larger than the person who wants to use it. The weight of the Cyr Wheels can be 7 to 15 kilograms.
The wheel is named after Daniel Cyr, who although not its inventor, made it known in 2003 as the winner of the silver medal at the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain in Paris. It became known worldwide through its performance at the closing ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin . However, the use of the locking mechanism is already documented in the 19th and 20th centuries.
By reducing it to a single tire, the Cyr can be set in turns much faster and more dynamically than the gym wheel. At the same time, it stabilizes itself and the artist inside the wheel through the rotation, similar to how a top works . Since the internal, safe handles of the gym wheel are missing, the hands are much more at risk of being crushed when using the Cyr.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mono Wheel becomes Cyr Wheel ( Memento from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Albert von Rekowski around 1933
