1985 European Gymnastics Champs. women's AA EF
Вставка
- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- BBC coverage of the women's AA and EF competitions at the 1985 European Championships. Elena Shushunova, Oksana Omelianchik, Ecaterina Szabo, Maxi Gnauck, Dagmar Kerstin, Daniela Silivas, Hana Ricna, Gabriele Fahnrich and Natalia Yurchenko.
There's something about gymnastics from this era that looks so easy. And I don't mean it WAS easy, or is, but the way the gymnasts perform their routines makes it look effortless (in a good way). While the difficulty of the acrobatic skills has increased exponentially, the manner in which gymnastics is performed is so different. No matter how strong or powerful a present-day gymnast is, nor how energetic their execution, I will always, stylistically, prefer performances like these.
Sarah McClure Totally agree. Yurchenko was sublime.
Oksana Omelianchik, is such a pure talent for this sport so artistik si graceful
hanakyne I know, she was just so exciting to watch and always looked in her element on floor with a real smile, some of the smiles the gymnasts do today are so fake. It’s such a shame she wasn’t chosen for the Olympics in 88. I know she went as an alternative, but she must’ve been absolutely gutted. The soviets at that time were in a league of their own
you can tell how impressed the commentator is with the fact that not only can Yurchenko throw a full in, but she stuck it !
This event and 1983 Euros were my favorites
Great landing on Szabo's double tuck dismount on floor. Even though it's lower difficulty than she had shown in the past, it was done very well!
Also baby Silivas
She was around 12 years old, not 15.
baby silivas is so cute omg !!! i love her so much !!!
There was never any doubt that Shushunova was the new No1..She was already linking moves then, so was Omelianchek. Silivas was far too young to be there, three years younger than Shushunova, barely 13 and looked about 10. While Katya and Natalia had to struggle with puberty.
Shoushunova's vaults were amazing! I think Gnauk's placement on the board was slightly too far back.
Omelianchik, triple twist off beam in '85! Who does that today?
seer16 it was done in the 84 Olympics by one of the Romanians. Cutina, maybe?
@@mallorieevans8463 Nope, Onodi, Chow did it off of beam
I have always marvelled at Elena Shushunova, but she was overscored on all 4 routines, especially bars and beam. She still deserved the AA gold but they made it so obvious that she was to be the new darling of the sport.
Ecaterina Szabo and Natalia Yurchencko were severely underscored, especially on beam and floor.
With respect, how was Elena's beam routine over scored? I didn't see any errors, and there was plenty of difficulty and innovation. Let alone, the other performances, how could her vaults have been any more perfect? She was consistently near perfect through out, besides the slight wobble on beam in the AA??
Great! Все же временами судьи занижали оценки советским гимнасткам.
I love the competition and the commentator!
Ricna' beam was so underscored
Commentators remarking on gymnasts' size, weight, *increase* in weight, etc. are so insulting! In one broadcast I listened, disbelieving, as a commentator tossed off about an athlete's new haircut and tan. Stick with the skills, please.
Szabo had the same floor exercise music as did Nadia Comaneci at the 1980 Olympics.
Maxi Gnauck was stellar on floor and deserved a 10 for her astounding bars routine. Her resilience was admirable.
The commentator twice made mention of Szabo being overweight. Unacceptable!
Good score for Gnauck on bars, considering the hop on her dismount. Unbelievably great routine otherwise!
So upsetting, Natalia Yurchenko faltered on her named skill on the vault... (Yurchenko Full Twisting Back Tuck & Yurchenko Full Twist)
the girl with the red orphan Annie style hair is so pretty. Love red hair
Dagmar Kirsten
Romanians were heavily underscored.
Perfect
Omg did he really say that Szabo was heavier? Was that ok back then, I guess? Sheesh.
Oh yes, it was very common. Look up Monica Phelps and you will see how commentators talked about such things openly... It was disgusting! Thankfully, you are not allowed to publish the weigh of athletes anymore.
This was when they start for gymnast to suffer from eating disorders. Bullies posing as broadcasters. What do they know about women's bodies.