Wow, that opening story. Wow. That just demonstrates how drastically this sport has come in the last 15 years! Odd how as soon as Marta was gone the US sent an entire team (+2 individuals) of 18+yo women to Tokyo, most of whom were over 20! Most of the individual WAG medalists at the Tokyo Olympics were in their 20s, too. Gone are the days of adulthood signalling the end of a gymnast's career, and I'm loving it.
@@2134knees She would have a better shot if it wasn't for that stupid 4 team only rule. With that I think it would be hard unfortunately. Biles and Lee are definitely going to make it, and either Skinner or Carey will be taken for vault/floor, so that leaves 1 other person.
Funny how back then a double twisting Yurchenko was " a very difficult vault", and now people don't even blink when they see a gymnast do one. Just shows how much gymnastics can evolve in just one decade
I dont know if someone already said it, but in the beginning Nastia did a nice tumbling pass on the trampoline, "stuck it" and her dad criticised her for leaning forward (which she does sometimes, so its a good criticism!!) Shawn did a dismount off the bars and fell and Chow said "i liked that one, a little bit more feet but I liked that one" Funny comparision between their training :)
I believe they both (Nastia and her dad) worked so hard to get that gold all around medal. I feel like that's what she really wanted the most. For Chow and Shawn it was really just about something entirely new to them - she had already exceeded expectations. P.s. Shawn's dismount was really good indeed, she looked amazing.
gluecksbaerchiex3 Valerie is such a cruel coach to me. He pushes his gymnasts so hard that they’re bruised and broken by the end of their career. Chow has had a great reputation for making gymnasts who are happier and healthier.
@@user-kh9ki3kq8m most of the time it isn't even all valerie coaching them and when talking about Rebecca bross she wanted to do the double Arabian it want only Valeri
Margaret Flynn As much as I hate defending Al, there was a pattern at the time - Patterson and Raducan (if you count her) were both 16 when they won, Podkopayeva was 17, and Gutsu was 15, so the average age of the last four all-around champions was 16. Nastia was actually part of breaking that stretch.
Yeah, it's only within the past couple of years that we have seen this trend start to change, and it's totally normal to see gymnast in their 20's. 25's the new 'old' in gymnastics. Although I noticed the trend is less prevalent in the US, but I suspect that's because girls a lot of girls want to do NCAA after, and for most there are no opportunities to make money within the sport unless they go pro.
Elbow -ing the pieces about gymnasts, their lives, coaches, etc. Broadcasts used to have great footage, interviews, and introspective about gymnasts that generated a story or narrative. We don’t see it as much in broadcasts. As Al called it, it’s ‘a stylized look’ at the gymnasts
At 40:36 did anyone else hear when Valeri quickly asked Nastia if she was okay. I love how he quickly went into Dad-mode there. He is such a caring father. He is so sweet!
Its ironic how Elfi talks about how well received Ivana would be by the international judges as she finishes her bars and then a couple months later at Worlds they tore her apart on bars lol
I haven't seen worlds yet but Ivana doesn't get a lot of height on her bars elements and she was short on so too many handstands. I can see why she got ripped apart here
Baby Shawn is adorbs, poor Nastia makes me want to give her a big hug. It'll all be okay in a year. Ivana is very reminiscent of the flawless lines of Courtney McCool, not surprising.
The choreography and music of Shawn's floor routine is HIDEOUS. Thank goodness for her judges don't care about artistry one bit since the new system came int place, maybe even a bit before that.
Ivana Hong turned 15 in December and during this Quad you were allowed to compete the year before the Olympics for more experience if you turned 16 during the Olympic year.
Ivana Hong was completely ROBBED on bars. A 14.8? Really? 😳 She was fantastic! Her handstands were great, that backwards skill she does was fantastic, AND she stuck the landing! What did she do wrong?!
USA Gymnastics Is there any way you could upload the 2007 Women's Artistic Worlds? Team or AA? Or even the event finals? The only videos I can find of it are HORRIBLE quality. Thank you!!
Everyone talking about how miserable nastia looks while Ivana also looks sad... nastia has ALWAYS talked about how she wants her dad to be hard on her and how that how champions are made. Plus, her ankle probably killed her all night.
Also the 1991 worlds, AA final. It was great! Zmeskal, Miller, Gutsu, Milo, Bogi, Lysenko, Bontas, etc. competed. The crowd was loud and Zmeskal took the roof off lol.
Why was Ivana scored so low? And how was she able to compete at 14? I thought the youngest you had to be was 15 turning 16 that year. I also wish Jana was chosen for the world's team in 2007 and the Olympics. She was one of my faves of the quad. She should have made it over Bridget Sloan IMO. I feel the situation with Jana reminds me of Morgan Hurd. Both were very good in the first two years of the quad then kinda fell off which is so sad because I love both gymnasts.
I feel sorry for Liukin. I know her father loves her very much, but as soon as she finished a routine, he's always there talking about where she went wrong, teaching her how to do better next time, but I think she needs a bit of space. She rarely smiles and on top of the normal competition stress, there's wanting to please your coach and so when it's your own parent, it must be twice as stressful.
I know what you mean. I am a Dancer (mostly Ballroom) and I am ALWAYS hard on myself. When I saw Nastia and her dad constantly giving her criticism on what she did wrong - I wanted to scream give her space!!! My coach knows when to correct me and when I am beating myself up for something and when the later is happening, she makes it fun and makes making corrections almost fun and makes me forget about being a Perfectionist!!!!
Maybe that's what works best for Nastia though. Each gymnast is different and so coaching them is going to be different. I mean Carly, Nastia, and Rebecca came out of the exact same gym and they all were coached differently simply because they are different people. Coaches know whats best for each person and they must take that into consideration when coaching them
and Nastia has said in an interview that her dad is just her dad outside of the gym and the only time they talk about gymnastics is in the gym. Plus side of having your own parent as a coach, I would imagine, is that it is cheaper.
They're also Russian. Eastern Europeans have much different public personas than Americans and western culture. They don't smile as much, they don't express themselves the same way. It doesn't mean they're unhappy; culturally, they're just different with how they express themselves.
Sooo does the gymnast in the gold leotard that was shown a couple of times (I do not think she is competing) but she hugs Shawn a couple of times and she is standing with Chow when Shawn is competing. Does she remind anyone of Gabby Douglas (I know this was before her time since she started competing Seniors in 2010/2011? That is whom I thought it was when I first saw her!!!
Anyone who can do what Shawn can on a beam gets my respects. I mean a layout?! I love gymnastics, but I will die if I do that. My coach cant even to get me to do a freaking handstand on the beam.
Am I the only one who thinks a bunch of people (take Jana, Ivana, and Nastia) shouldn't get the front aerial to bhs stepout layout stepout connection? I can see where the judges would give it to them but still...
the chinese girl, from america, on the uneven bars, did them better than anyone else in competition! and the judges gave her a bad score!! that is not right! she had more skills, and completed them correctly! her coach should have protested!
Am I the only one who finds it shocking that most of these incredible & strong athletes can't do a simple pirouette without wobbling?! I've only ever seen a few smooth pirouettes (on floor) not to take anything away from their AMAZING TALENTS...just seems ironic. 🤷🏻♀️
Chelsea tried to come back these last olympics, but frankly i'm glad Marta didn't let her try with her track record of always getting hurt before the Olympics and not being reliable. And i'm glad Marta didn't take that chance on her, i think she frankly got sick of not being able to trust her..
I love that Chelsee is back right now and love following her "Adult Gymnastics Journey". I think,she's got,a good shot at making either Olympics or Worlds next year. Especially with Forrester as the new team Coordinator.
Olivia Lewis Yep, it all stopped after the North Korean Gymnasts falsified the age of their key athletes, I believe China did that too, it happened in Beijing. It got a lot stricter.
makes sense, especially when in Beijing 5 of the 6 members of the Chinese team were believed to be too young. and in 2010, china's 2000 olympic gymnastics team was stripped of the bronze medal because of falsified age from Dong Fangxiao
There used to be a rule where gymnasts who turned 16 during the Olympic year were allowed to compete at the previous years worlds to gain experience. Both Ivana and Shawn didn't turn 16 until 2008, but we're allowed to compete at the 2007 worlds, even though they were only 15 and 14. I think usa gymnastics just let everyone who was eligible for the Olympics compete as a senior in the 2007 nationals. It's also the reason Carly Patterson and Chellsie Memmel were allowed to compete at the 2003 worlds. There were probably more that didn't turn 16 until the following year too. For some reason they got rid of that rule, or else I think Kyla would have been on the 2011 worlds team
Wow, that opening story. Wow. That just demonstrates how drastically this sport has come in the last 15 years!
Odd how as soon as Marta was gone the US sent an entire team (+2 individuals) of 18+yo women to Tokyo, most of whom were over 20! Most of the individual WAG medalists at the Tokyo Olympics were in their 20s, too. Gone are the days of adulthood signalling the end of a gymnast's career, and I'm loving it.
2007: Chellsie Memmel trying to show she’s not going anywhere
2020: Chellsie is still here and as talented as ever!
Agreed!!!! I think she has a legitimate shot at 2021 Olympics or Worlds!!!!!
@@2134knees She would have a better shot if it wasn't for that stupid 4 team only rule. With that I think it would be hard unfortunately. Biles and Lee are definitely going to make it, and either Skinner or Carey will be taken for vault/floor, so that leaves 1 other person.
I hope she keeps going and tries for Paris!
Funny how back then a double twisting Yurchenko was " a very difficult vault", and now people don't even blink when they see a gymnast do one. Just shows how much gymnastics can evolve in just one decade
I dont know if someone already said it, but in the beginning Nastia did a nice tumbling pass on the trampoline, "stuck it" and her dad criticised her for leaning forward (which she does sometimes, so its a good criticism!!)
Shawn did a dismount off the bars and fell and Chow said "i liked that one, a little bit more feet but I liked that one"
Funny comparision between their training :)
I believe they both (Nastia and her dad) worked so hard to get that gold all around medal. I feel like that's what she really wanted the most. For Chow and Shawn it was really just about something entirely new to them - she had already exceeded expectations.
P.s. Shawn's dismount was really good indeed, she looked amazing.
gluecksbaerchiex3 Valerie is such a cruel coach to me. He pushes his gymnasts so hard that they’re bruised and broken by the end of their career. Chow has had a great reputation for making gymnasts who are happier and healthier.
@@user-kh9ki3kq8m most of the time it isn't even all valerie coaching them and when talking about Rebecca bross she wanted to do the double Arabian it want only Valeri
Everyone was excited about Ivana Hong in 2007. I wish she had gone a little further.
I wish she made the olympics. I feel she and Jana should have replaced Bridget and Sam. They would have been great additions.
valeri had the original "not impressed" face..
You're right!
And Mckayla has the new and improved face
Also Al is positively prehistoric when it comes to dismissing any gymnast over 16 as "old"
Margaret Flynn As much as I hate defending Al, there was a pattern at the time - Patterson and Raducan (if you count her) were both 16 when they won, Podkopayeva was 17, and Gutsu was 15, so the average age of the last four all-around champions was 16. Nastia was actually part of breaking that stretch.
Yeah, it's only within the past couple of years that we have seen this trend start to change, and it's totally normal to see gymnast in their 20's. 25's the new 'old' in gymnastics. Although I noticed the trend is less prevalent in the US, but I suspect that's because girls a lot of girls want to do NCAA after, and for most there are no opportunities to make money within the sport unless they go pro.
Margaret Flynn but then a Chinese gymnast looked 16 and he shared all his theories about them being 11 years old.
I see nothing wrong with them competing in there 20"s.
And now...at 30 something...Chelsie Memmel is coming back for 2021!!!!!
This might be peak Hideous Leo Era for USA Gymn
and the jackets :D
Did you skip the 90s? 🤣
I have never seen so much cowboying in my life
Yeehaw
Al said "Not to mention the Asian theater of Beijing" while they were talking about Ivana at 18:20. Really?
I thought the same thing!!
So distasteful. I was upset when he said that.
This Nastya, despite all the problems, has become the most popular gymnast in the world, who has achieved her success no matter what ❤😂😊
I miss the long fluffs USA Gymnastics used to do.
Especially Sydney's Fluffs!
What is a fluff?
Elbow -ing the pieces about gymnasts, their lives, coaches, etc. Broadcasts used to have great footage, interviews, and introspective about gymnasts that generated a story or narrative. We don’t see it as much in broadcasts. As Al called it, it’s ‘a stylized look’ at the gymnasts
At 40:36 did anyone else hear when Valeri quickly asked Nastia if she was okay. I love how he quickly went into Dad-mode there. He is such a caring father. He is so sweet!
Awww little Shawn
Its ironic how Elfi talks about how well received Ivana would be by the international judges as she finishes her bars and then a couple months later at Worlds they tore her apart on bars lol
I think it was because of the unusual stuff she did on bars though, which the judges probably didn't like at all
I haven't seen worlds yet but Ivana doesn't get a lot of height on her bars elements and she was short on so too many handstands. I can see why she got ripped apart here
The lack of height in her releases would’ve been deducted massively
@@luig2121 Her release moves barely get over the bar.
Baby Shawn is adorbs, poor Nastia makes me want to give her a big hug. It'll all be okay in a year. Ivana is very reminiscent of the flawless lines of Courtney McCool, not surprising.
The choreography and music of Shawn's floor routine is HIDEOUS. Thank goodness for her judges don't care about artistry one bit since the new system came int place, maybe even a bit before that.
W👀W!! Miss Memmel's last pass on floor....I thought she was gonna bust thru the floor!💪🏻💥
You can tell that Nastia has formal ballet training. Her form is good. Ivana was very good. First time I've seen her.
Her mom was an Olympic rhythmic gymnast
Shawn, a legend for me. ❤️
In this quad, gymnasts who were age eligible for the Olympics could compete at worlds the year before
The previous quad was the same. Carly competed at 2003 worlds.
@@auspicious93 and the quad before with Andreea Raducan!
28:43 does anybody else here Ivana Liukin
I thought I was the only one
Ivana Hong turned 15 in December and during this Quad you were allowed to compete the year before the Olympics for more experience if you turned 16 during the Olympic year.
ASacfan101 yeah I noticed that with Shawn. She was only 15 in 2007 and turned 16 in 2008 but competed at 2007 worlds???
Chellsie just won't give up will she?! And I'm lovin' it :)
It just goes to show that you can't really tell what's going to happen a year out from the games. Anything can happen.
Baby Shawn. So hardworking, intelligent, driven. She needs to remember that now.
Lol damn-roasted
Ivana Hong was completely ROBBED on bars. A 14.8? Really? 😳 She was fantastic! Her handstands were great, that backwards skill she does was fantastic, AND she stuck the landing! What did she do wrong?!
Casey I think she got a half a point deduction for touching the bar in her wtf stalder or whatever that skill is called
And she got a lot of deductions for height
Little Ivana was very much better than the scores she was given.
USA Gymnastics Is there any way you could upload the 2007 Women's Artistic Worlds? Team or AA? Or even the event finals? The only videos I can find of it are HORRIBLE quality. Thank you!!
Gymgold07 uploaded it. Various coverages
16 versus 18 is not like being 30 and then suddenly being 90. The take on age during this time was so ridiculous
Everyone talking about how miserable nastia looks while Ivana also looks sad... nastia has ALWAYS talked about how she wants her dad to be hard on her and how that how champions are made. Plus, her ankle probably killed her all night.
I love watching old Gymanastic Even thought 2019
yeah, try 1996 team, when the US won the first time
Also the 1991 worlds, AA final. It was great! Zmeskal, Miller, Gutsu, Milo, Bogi, Lysenko, Bontas, etc. competed. The crowd was loud and Zmeskal took the roof off lol.
Does anyone know whom that is in the Gold leotard? It reminds me of Gabby Douglas!!!
I love shawn!!!!!!!!
Why was Ivana scored so low? And how was she able to compete at 14? I thought the youngest you had to be was 15 turning 16 that year. I also wish Jana was chosen for the world's team in 2007 and the Olympics. She was one of my faves of the quad. She should have made it over Bridget Sloan IMO. I feel the situation with Jana reminds me of Morgan Hurd. Both were very good in the first two years of the quad then kinda fell off which is so sad because I love both gymnasts.
I love Shawn I want to be like her
Lol at around 28:43 one of the commentators said, “Ivana Liukin and her father” when it was actually Nastia Liukin and her father.
I feel sorry for Liukin. I know her father loves her very much, but as soon as she finished a routine, he's always there talking about where she went wrong, teaching her how to do better next time, but I think she needs a bit of space. She rarely smiles and on top of the normal competition stress, there's wanting to please your coach and so when it's your own parent, it must be twice as stressful.
I know what you mean. I am a Dancer (mostly Ballroom) and I am ALWAYS hard on myself. When I saw Nastia and her dad constantly giving her criticism on what she did wrong - I wanted to scream give her space!!! My coach knows when to correct me and when I am beating myself up for something and when the later is happening, she makes it fun and makes making corrections almost fun and makes me forget about being a Perfectionist!!!!
Maybe that's what works best for Nastia though. Each gymnast is different and so coaching them is going to be different. I mean Carly, Nastia, and Rebecca came out of the exact same gym and they all were coached differently simply because they are different people. Coaches know whats best for each person and they must take that into consideration when coaching them
and Nastia has said in an interview that her dad is just her dad outside of the gym and the only time they talk about gymnastics is in the gym. Plus side of having your own parent as a coach, I would imagine, is that it is cheaper.
They're also Russian. Eastern Europeans have much different public personas than Americans and western culture. They don't smile as much, they don't express themselves the same way. It doesn't mean they're unhappy; culturally, they're just different with how they express themselves.
Thats what she's always wanted from him though. She strives for perfection
Sooo does the gymnast in the gold leotard that was shown a couple of times (I do not think she is competing) but she hugs Shawn a couple of times and she is standing with Chow when Shawn is competing. Does she remind anyone of Gabby Douglas (I know this was before her time since she started competing Seniors in 2010/2011? That is whom I thought it was when I first saw her!!!
Anyone who can do what Shawn can on a beam gets my respects. I mean a layout?! I love gymnastics, but I will die if I do that. My coach cant even to get me to do a freaking handstand on the beam.
+kae kae jones I see u comment on like every USA gymnastics meet video lol
+Layla Flips same lmao^^^
Kae Kae Jones I see you every where on women's gymnastics commenting
How seriously cool was Ivana's bars!!
Awww little Shawn!
"Parent teenager relationship"? Uff. Unnecessary.
At every event too - major eyeroll.
Sounds awkward
Johnson have positiv energy
Love C4
Heck yeah Chellsie "is not going to,go away".
Or...31 or 32nd year!!!!!!!
Am I the only one who thinks a bunch of people (take Jana, Ivana, and Nastia) shouldn't get the front aerial to bhs stepout layout stepout connection? I can see where the judges would give it to them but still...
Why was Ivana Hong allowed to compete in the senior ranks at 14?
Ivana is beautiful beautiful tumbling and beautiful choreography i loved it ❤ stay beautiful ivana like if you agree 👍
the chinese girl, from america, on the uneven bars, did them better than anyone else in competition! and the judges gave her a bad score!! that is not right! she had more skills, and completed them correctly! her coach should have protested!
On the floor routine, it looked to me like Nastia's ankle gave out on her.
Where was Alicia Sacramone for this championships?
She was there, she had a rough day 1.
Shawn & Nastia are the best.
and at 28:47 he calls Nastia "Ivana Liukin" lol
shawn REBOUNDS on balance beam that just goes to show how powerful she is
Beautiful floor routine chellsie
10:41 "It's like, ridiculous" - Tim Dagget
Ivana is awesome
Shawn looks adorable. I lover her! Her handstands are great. Compare to Aly Raisman. And bars being Shawn's "worst"
Am I the only one who finds it shocking that most of these incredible & strong athletes can't do a simple pirouette without wobbling?! I've only ever seen a few smooth pirouettes (on floor) not to take anything away from their AMAZING TALENTS...just seems ironic. 🤷🏻♀️
Well Nastia's the one who won in Beijing!
Shawn won gold in Beijing. (2008)
Bonnie Edwards ; nastia won all-around , shawn placed 2nd
Chelsea tried to come back these last olympics, but frankly i'm glad Marta didn't let her try with her track record of always getting hurt before the Olympics and not being reliable. And i'm glad Marta didn't take that chance on her, i think she frankly got sick of not being able to trust her..
Chellsie got hurt in 2008 the day of and had she not fallen in QF I think she wouldve been in finals
And shes back at 30! Ill take chelseas track record over marta and her husbands thats for sure.
I love that Chelsee is back right now and love following her "Adult Gymnastics Journey". I think,she's got,a good shot at making either Olympics or Worlds next year. Especially with Forrester as the new team Coordinator.
It is supposed to be a floor dance exercise where is the dancing part all she's doing is a lot of flips
haha yea i think cause they were just talking about ivana hong lol
Ah Nastia! Her floor! :(
confused: ivana was 14 and competed at a senior national championships AND worlds....aint that a little TOO YOUNG
Rules were looser back then.
oohh ok
Olivia Lewis Yep, it all stopped after the North Korean Gymnasts falsified the age of their key athletes, I believe China did that too, it happened in Beijing. It got a lot stricter.
makes sense, especially when in Beijing 5 of the 6 members of the Chinese team were believed to be too young. and in 2010, china's 2000 olympic gymnastics team was stripped of the bronze medal because of falsified age from Dong Fangxiao
There used to be a rule where gymnasts who turned 16 during the Olympic year were allowed to compete at the previous years worlds to gain experience. Both Ivana and Shawn didn't turn 16 until 2008, but we're allowed to compete at the 2007 worlds, even though they were only 15 and 14. I think usa gymnastics just let everyone who was eligible for the Olympics compete as a senior in the 2007 nationals. It's also the reason Carly Patterson and Chellsie Memmel were allowed to compete at the 2003 worlds. There were probably more that didn't turn 16 until the following year too. For some reason they got rid of that rule, or else I think Kyla would have been on the 2011 worlds team
Hong got robbed on that uneven bars routine. It should have been much higher. Smh, politics of gymnastics I guess.
Gosh, this coverage is so bad. Did we see anything at all from Bridget Sloan? You'd think the whole competition was Nastia vs Shawn.
It's about you. Regardless of your dad. I
They did not just call a 17 year old old I hate them
Did anyone else hear Ivana Liukin at 28:44?
Feel like Nastia should have gotten a different trainer. She’s put too much pressure on herself to please her dad.
Whether father OR coach, Valeri should have a shown more compassion 01:46
Full konzentrieren
Nastia looks so unhappy
12:44
40:21
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HAHAH..."Ivana Liuikin" nice @28:43 Doesn't even know their names LOL
In 2008 gymnastics got worse and the skills were boring and not innovative