Inside the Jakarta alleyway 'gym' training young gymnastics champions
- JAKARTA: In a working-class neighbourhood in North Jakarta, a group of children practise backflips and cartwheels, learning to stick their landings.
- If they take a tumble, there are no spring floors to cushion their fall, only two decrepit foam mats placed on unforgiving concrete.
- Their training ground is a rat-infested alley barely 2m wide, hemmed in by laundry racks and parked motorcycles.
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- JAKARTA: In a working-class neighbourhood in North Jakarta, a group of children practise backflips and cartwheels, learning to stick their landings.
- If they take a tumble, there are no spring floors to cushion their fall, only two decrepit foam mats placed on unforgiving concrete.
- Their training ground is a rat-infested alley barely 2m wide, hemmed in by laundry racks and parked motorcycles.
Sources: CNA