Yes, she competed at the 1989 worlds. She retired because the Deva training center shut down during the Romanian revolution. Silivas retired for the same reason.... I am glad Dobre competed here though... she's worthy of a showing in the Olympics.
Ame estas olimpiadas acá están mis favoritas!! DOBRE, SILLIVAS, SHUSHONOVA Y BOGUINSKAYA!! INOLVIDABLE MOMENTO HISTORICO DE LA GIMNASIA!! TAMBIEN ME GUSTO MUCHO LA MEDALLA DE BRONCE DE SUELO QUE NO CONOZCO EL NOMBRE DE LA GIMNASTA!!
yo am I the only one who fell in love with Celestina Popa after watching these olympics? i mean just look at her! she's so cute and pretty and so adorable! and such personality on the floor! i mean i know everybody was looking at silivas the whole time, and don't get me wrong, i love Silivas with all my heart, she's my goddess, but looking at Celestina made me so happy ;)
Coach Maria Cosma defected and so did Adrian Goreac. Belu came in and took over and then he let Mariana Bitang do some choreo during the 90's... Adriana Pop helped sometimes but the result is evident.
For a 17yr old you know a lot! as a Brit I must say shes not someone I remember....I was 9 @ the time of the Seoul olympics but remember the battle between YS & DS...its funny at the time I thought Silivas was robbed but seeing her form on the vaults ive changed my mind I must admit - as your quite knowledgable can I ask what happened between Moceanau & Karolyi in the end then?? I hear there was also a falling out!! I say 'also' cos I seems quite frequent for coaches and gymnasts to fall out!
i agree, the girls back then seemed to be more artistic with their gymnastics not the mention that alot of the girls today ... their form is just terrible! i was an elite gymnast in 1998, i shattered both of the ankles doing a piked full in on floor at tenn. state champs, i look at these girls here and i think.... there is no way that i would have ever gotten to this level, because the coaches that i had were only worried about the big tricks not the form!
I really wish she hadn't competed here. She looks sad the whole time, and I think she might have aggravated the injury more by competing. Did we ever see her again after this?
So all 5 Soviet floor routines count, they have no low score to throw out - why wasn't Omelianchik brought on? Isn't that what an alternate is for? To compete when one of the team is injured and unable to?
How did Strazheva injure herself? It's odd to see a gymnast tear ligaments on a back handpring? It makes me wonder if she injured herself prior to that in some other way and then it just gave way at an inopportune moment. It seems clear it happened during the attempted acceleration into the dismount, as the way she buckles and falls on the beam before slumping to the ground.
No, but the Romanian language due to it's location in Europe did have some Slavic influences to their language. Dobre, I imagine is similar to the common Bulgarian surname - Dobrev(a), which I imagine means golden, if what the commentator says is accurate.
