Such an iconic gymnast. I felt like she was shafted so many times, especially at the 99 worlds. She should have won gold on the vault finals. It is too bad that she was injured during Sydney. However, I am glad that managed to sneak in the bronze on the beam. Her style was different than most gymnasts. Whereas many display grace, Elena always displayed aggression. Bravo!
I was hoping she’d continue and try for Athens- but unfortunately I suspect her body had just had enough and needed to heal. She was a great innovator. Unfortunately, seeing her 1999 vaults I could see how she didn’t win. She landed her signature vault extremely low, almost a sit. That’s a pretty significant deduction.
Am I the only one that looks to the BB finals from '96, '00 and '04 and thinks that the other events advanced much more in difficulty and execution in the last 20 years than BB? I could see Shannon Miller, Catalina Ponor, Lobazniyuk, Carly Patterson with their skills easily challenging for gold today...
I think her dismount is harder than Patterson. The latter has the advantage of a take-off force from the round off. This one doesn't. It should've been scored as G as well
Nah. Liu Xuan definitely deserved the gold. Lena has slight wobbles on her front flip and the Onodi, very slight but I think without those, she would have beaten Katya for silver. It was very close. But I think the results were correct.
Lo curioso de esta Olímpiada es para mí gustó si no hubieran cometido todas fallos barren a Rumania y dos apesar de quedar plata en equipos. Russia ganó Oro en todo saltó ,barras ,piso solo la viga se les escapó por poco y aún así ganaron oros y plata y bronce en todo campaña maravillosa
I'm surprised she placed lower than Lobanzuyk, her routine kept things moving and she did basically everything with confidence, whereas her teammate had a very long pause before performing her Arabian, which I think should've been a deduction, but idk the code of points back then very well
The pause was a deduction, you are correct. The difference was, Kata had some small little checks, along with the one long pause. This had a couple of very noticeable, substantial checks that cost just enough to take her out of silver. Bronze isn’t a half bad effort though- considering how bad her foot was bothering her.
Her choreo isn’t particularly graceful, but I feel like there’s something artistic about confident, focused, aggressive, and precise BB like this. Same with Shawn Johnson.
Underscored. She did some original skills in combination, showing precision, power & aggressive flow and she didn't get credit. Lobazynyuk was gorgeous on BB when she was able to hit. She had the lines, extension and amplitude. Still thought Prudonova was best. That Russian squad was the last of the greats. Zamoldchikova & Pavola were so talented too. They were far superior to the Russian teams, which came after them.
Such an iconic gymnast. I felt like she was shafted so many times, especially at the 99 worlds. She should have won gold on the vault finals. It is too bad that she was injured during Sydney. However, I am glad that managed to sneak in the bronze on the beam. Her style was different than most gymnasts. Whereas many display grace, Elena always displayed aggression. Bravo!
I was hoping she’d continue and try for Athens- but unfortunately I suspect her body had just had enough and needed to heal. She was a great innovator.
Unfortunately, seeing her 1999 vaults I could see how she didn’t win. She landed her signature vault extremely low, almost a sit. That’s a pretty significant deduction.
Am I the only one that looks to the BB finals from '96, '00 and '04 and thinks that the other events advanced much more in difficulty and execution in the last 20 years than BB? I could see Shannon Miller, Catalina Ponor, Lobazniyuk, Carly Patterson with their skills easily challenging for gold today...
Produnova doesn't mess around. I love her.
I never knew that Produnova actually won an individual olympic medal. Good for her!
It might sadly have been more but for that darn foot injury…
Великолепная, прекрасная, супергимнастка! ❤
I think her dismount is harder than Patterson. The latter has the advantage of a take-off force from the round off. This one doesn't. It should've been scored as G as well
I totally agree
I agree
agree the force needed to run off and double front, she is prudonova!
True!
Damn shes fierce 😳 , shes so talented and confident , I love her 💜
Love seeing the love and bond with Lobaznyuk. Just lovely
She created the iconic prodanova vault
Wow, that's a power performance! Loved her style.
Especially when you consider it was done on a BROKEN foot!
Produnova is my favorite gymnast ever
One of my favorite gymnasts ever.
She was a BEAST!!! Whatever happened to her?! I’ve NEVER seen a gymnast dismount like that! Looks incredibly difficult!
Agree. She deserves more recognitions
I’m pretty sure she’s coaching these days. If so, they are learning from a master.
If she would have competed under the new CoP, she would have won gold on most events
Iconic! She was a great AAer and a great example of being artistic but not balletic!
Indeed. If only we could have seen her in those AA finals, would have been epic!
Еликолепная гимнастка!
She is an amazing gymnast.
She's powerful I loved her
I think she should have won here.
She had a bit more wobbles than Liu Xuan, but I think she should've got silver over Lobanzuyk
Nah. Liu Xuan definitely deserved the gold. Lena has slight wobbles on her front flip and the Onodi, very slight but I think without those, she would have beaten Katya for silver. It was very close. But I think the results were correct.
@@intldawn If they competed in the current code of points, Produnova probably would win the whole thing since she can take advantage of her power
2:04 Слышен голос Светы Хоркиной:" Молодец! Ленка Молодец"! 2:04 Sveta Khorkina's voice is Heard: "Well done! Lenka Brilliant"!
Lo curioso de esta Olímpiada es para mí gustó si no hubieran cometido todas fallos barren a Rumania y dos apesar de quedar plata en equipos. Russia ganó Oro en todo saltó ,barras ,piso solo la viga se les escapó por poco y aún así ganaron oros y plata y bronce en todo campaña maravillosa
Anyone have this full Olympics bbc broadcasts? Much better show just about every gymnast.
Legend
Люблю тебя Ленка!
Queen! She's so fierce.
I'm surprised she placed lower than Lobanzuyk, her routine kept things moving and she did basically everything with confidence, whereas her teammate had a very long pause before performing her Arabian, which I think should've been a deduction, but idk the code of points back then very well
The pause was a deduction, you are correct. The difference was, Kata had some small little checks, along with the one long pause. This had a couple of very noticeable, substantial checks that cost just enough to take her out of silver. Bronze isn’t a half bad effort though- considering how bad her foot was bothering her.
Her choreo isn’t particularly graceful, but I feel like there’s something artistic about confident, focused, aggressive, and precise BB like this. Same with Shawn Johnson.
Neither is Simone
@@kakumei77the difference is that it was her style while Simone has none
Underscored. She did some original skills in combination, showing precision, power & aggressive flow and she didn't get credit. Lobazynyuk was gorgeous on BB when she was able to hit. She had the lines, extension and amplitude. Still thought Prudonova was best. That Russian squad was the last of the greats. Zamoldchikova & Pavola were so talented too. They were far superior to the Russian teams, which came after them.
And had several noticeable checks unfortunately. She was able to save it each time, but those added up.
She’s is GREAT!
Лучшая🤗
I just wish she hadn’t had the foot injury- we never got to see all of what she had to offer.
Epic routine!
So Good
Too great
She does look a little Klingon-like with that eyebrow.
Very muscular and powerful
Hah what was that commentator going on about with the Russian coach?
Simone biles tava frita se ela estivesse hoje competindo
Verdade. Enquanto as americanas evoluíram, as russas retrocederam 20 anos.
Never liked her style. However I ❤️ Khorkina and Lobaznyuk in the Russian team back then.
0:08 ?!
why do they kiss on the mouth?
It’s a cultural thing
Parece mexicana no rusa
Denisse López?
Produnova es de etnia gitana.
@@mariabelenbarreirobugallo3549 aaahhh por eso siempre pensé que era rumana 😂
@@mariabelenbarreirobugallo3549 ¿por qué lo dices? Lo he buscado en Internet y no he encontrado nada, ¿o es una broma? Perdona un mensaje tan tardío
Es que se todo ese maravilloso equipo Russo era la más expresiva mostraba mucho su estado de ánimo
Gangsters in the hood cut their eyebrows like that all the time, nothing new 🤷🏾♀️
But OGs are not not hopping & twirlin' on beams 4' above solid land! 😆