2011.World.Gymnastics.Championships.Womens.Team.Final.1080p.HDTV-NastiaFan101.mpg 

Agreed!! All the wild and crazy connections and beautiful multi element routines of today were brought about by her.

Her AA quality was unmatched when she didn’t fall lol

She was soooo inconsistent

She was expected to do FX in London, but the broken toe issue limited her to just vault.

her form and execution is absolutely horrible on floor, as well as on EVERY event.

​@ashleyc8373 Aside from the impact of the abuse she was going through, her coaches HORRIBLY misconstructed her routines. Her bars and floor had built in errors that were completely unnecessary, they could have totally structured her routines differently that wouldn't compromise the difficulty or necessary components. I'm sure I'm describing skills incorrectly, but her second low-to-high bar transition, the clear hip transition, plagued her and they totally could have changed that. And her third pass on floor was a constant problem that they could have worked around. Her 1.5 twist to her double back was constantly out of bounds or underrotated cause of the fear of going out of bounds. They totally failed her on her routine construction!!

Yeah, she is incredible 😍

Agreed!

QPHashSS77 pretty sure her difficulty score was too low for that

😂 agreed

I cringe too when I see her hugging her coach- Geddert🤬

damn am i glad al is gone and never coming back. his dumbass, problematic commentary just stands out SO MUCH when you rewatch these too. elfi too.

No kidding like no one shames American gymnasts for using foreign music... like Aly Raismans 2016 floor routine won her a silver and the song she performed it to is called red poppy: Russian sailors dance

In A lot of countries the gymnasts don't choose their music... the coaches do. They don't always consider the gymnasts personalities

I agree, this pissed me off so much and I can't believe he didn't even realize how offensive that was. They've said similar comments about the Chinese gymnasts using traditional music before. No one on the american team has to use music from the states so it shouldn't be like that for other countries. I also found it annoying how they pick apart other countries mistakes but almost NEVER pick out mistakes from the US team. It's embarrassing honestly and I wish they had better commentators from the US. It's not hard to respect other athletes and give constructive criticism

What do you expect from a couple of dorks who like to blow smoke out their butt holes? They think they are the best but jn reality they are a joke.

I really wish Victoria could have gone to Rio as that bars set would very likely have gotten her the elusive gold medal she desired so much. She was smart not to go through, back problems are nothing to joke with. It was wonderful to hear her retirement speech where she spoke of her appreciation for her accomplishments- they are still unfathomable in the sport. Today she is happily married… and who knows, maybe she’ll have a daughter who will follow in her footsteps!

Yes...agreed..

McKayla’s vault absolutely. Sui Lu on beam and floor? Magic. The Russians on floor- as long as you ignore the near fall from Victoria (really good save!) definitely. Beth Tweddle on bars was always a treat. Ponor on floor? Not hardly, great leaps and dance but absolutely atrocious tumbling form.

I just wish we’d seen her in Rio, she could absolutely have gotten her desired gold medal there on bars.

This comment aged well ♥️

@Liz Miller Condolences... I made a sad accordion noise when I learned that the 2020 Games would be postponed to (fingers crossed) 2021 because of Covid. You have company in rewatching!

I'm watching in November 2020 and hoping for July 2021.

It is Heart of Courage, Mustafina used the same music the following year for the Olympics.

I always wonder what Alicia would’ve accomplished if she competed at these worlds. Maybe she would win silver or bronze on vault? Maybe made the beam final instead of Jordyn?

yeah it's ridiculous...

These three clowns are expert on storytelling bullshit

Free Tsurumi Koko

These commentators are total idiots.

Welcome to NBC… where idiots announce.

I think the same as well. She *was* in fact abused by Nassar and sued the Karolyis, USOC, and USA Gymnastics. I can't believe she performed as well as she did considering all the shady shit that was going on behind the scenes. Maroney went through literal hell on earth in Tokyo. I read somewhere that she was drugged on the plane ride and woke up in Nassar's hotel room. She thought she was going to die that night. It's abominable and unthinkable that the staff allowed Nassar to be alone with her. Nassar and everyone who enabled him deserve to rot in hell.

I don’t think there was any doubt she- and countless others sadly- was.

QPHashSS77 bruh it’s not a big deal, we all knew what this person meant...

QPHashSS77 you sound angry.

QPHashSS77 don’t think so but ok.

tea

Rwwr reta

I agree about the abuse part but acting like Romania's routines (of course not from every single one of their gymnasts) on beam, floor and vault weren't difficult is just delusional. Not only that but they were innovative too, hence why there are so many skills named after Romanian athletes in the code of points.

@@britneyg5522 in the 1980’s, they were innovative for what could be done at that time, yes. By the early to mid 1990’s they were relying on simpler, more easily executed routines which worked for that system. When difficulty really started to matter as much as execution- they were left behind.

Felicitări, draga Sara, pentru expertiza ta in gimnastica artistică românească. Poți să o ții pentru tine.

@@mihaelabruma8006opinions are a God given right. Don’t like it? Too bad. I always loved Romanian gymnastics but couldn’t stand that demon spawn Belu and his team. So many gymnasts harshly treated, overlooked- even though they were fantastic- just because he didn’t personally like them, so many more treated like cattle fodder in favor of his preferred “pets.” No athlete deserves that kind of environment. I stand also by what I said before- about it being nice to see difficulty being emphasized along with execution. Romania has learned to adapt to both and it’s why they are now back as a team at the Olympics.

actually, i’ve heard Anna wasn’t injured but just in horrible luck with who got injured. Alicia competed all but UB, and Anna was only useful on UB. They needed to replace someone on the three events that Anna couldn’t help on. Anna still should have replaced Mykayla Maroney on UB as they already had 4 AA’ers.

QPHashSS77 lol you’re only 7 years too late for that comment above 😂. I get what you mean though, she has a lot of distracting arm movements. Her acrobatics are incredible tho

Amen.

+SheaNDamon1829 Alternates also received medals, but did not stand on the podium. Anna Li went in place of Sacramone, since she was not present. However starting in 2014, the alternates got to stand on the podium with the team. Desch was there in 2014, and Skinner was on the podium this year.

HAH! LOL. USA isn't nearly as good on bars.

But, if you saw Tim's double layouts, you'd cry. Look up "Tim Dagget Floor 1984"

Kameron Coleman Yao got 15.2 on beam not bars

Agreed American teams are "built" for strength Not grace, sadly.

kras118 her beam is just exquisite!! 😍♥️

+AfanasyevaFan Oksana Chutsovitna actually competed for the Unified Team first and then moved to Germany when he son got sick.

+byn63 Unified Team was only for the 92 Olympics though. And most people consider that still the Soviet Union because it was the whole Soviet team. At the beginning of 92 after the Soviet Union broke up, they all compete for their individual countries. Lysenko and Gutsu competed for Ukraine, Oksana competed for Uzbekistan until like around the time of Beijing( or a little before that) because of her son.

Thank you!

She lived in Germany but was a member of the Uzbekistan team cuz of residence. I think u had to live there for three years. Once she met it she represented Germany.

Honestly! In rio, team finals, Seda's routine was a mess and Aliya's wasn't the best, and it's just not working rn.

so so so true, even Aliya who is always lovely on floor didn't have the best choreography in Río, immediately after London it seemed the choreography had gotten worse. When Alexandrov left a lot of what made Russian gymnastics beautiful left too, really unfortunate.

I have to agree; choreography has really gone downhill in every country the last few years (barring a few exceptions) but Russia has collapsed in terms of artistry in the recent years, so unfortunate. I think they also changed their choreographer after 2012, which was a mistake imo bc 2012 makes pretty much the last time they had consistently good and innovative choreography in all of their athletes.

They wanted Alicia to get that tenth medal and if Anna had competed then Alicia wouldn't have gotten it from what I understood of it all.

Heather Wicker Yes, but FIG let Anna Li and Alicia Sacramone get their own gold medals which was very considerate of them to do so :)

Anna Li didn't feel right and gave it back to Alicia then FIG got her another medal.

Very nice of them :)

thetigerbeat007 Yeah, Shawn should have at least been an alternate, too bad for her!

+ahluvdrums Shawn Johnson was an alternate. She was the non-traveling alternate.

+mchur001 Ok, traveling alternate then. My point being, it's always nice to have veterans with you on a world stage, especially after what happened to Alicia.

But what was the point of taking Shawn Johnson? For UB? They took Anna Li for that. Johnson's BB was a mess. She fell on it at Classic and then she fell twice at Pan Ams. She didn't belong anywhere near that World Team.

+mchur001 Look, I don't know why you feel like you have to put down someone else's opinion. They took Anna Li. This happened 4 years ago. And sure Anna Li can do bars, but that's all she can do. Obviously they wanted to give her the experience of going, but had no intention of ever using her. Shawn had placed 4th on beam at Nationals, the last competition before both teams were selected. And she did win the Silver on UB at the PanAms. I'm just stating that I'm surprised they didn't take her as the first alternate. That's it. My opinion. Sheesh!!

lol what was that

Harriet Tubman envy 😂

And she went on to be the first black Olympic champion a few months later and first us to won both AA and team @ same Olympics

That’s what the Olympics is about… and the world championships. Whoever wins that night is the queen or king of their sport. As much as many would have preferred to see Victoria win, she had less start value on vault and floor, many little bobbles on beam and a floor absolutely full of mistakes. That one error on bars for Jordyn was countered by a 7 tenth advantage on vault, 3 tenth advantage on floor and a substantially cleaner floor routine with just the one step out of bounds being a reasonably size able deduction. She won because she just plain made LESS mistakes and had more start value in key places.

In the end I’m selfishly glad she didn’t get that AA medal, as it pushed her to make the comeback she did… and what a return it ended up being!

@@bluepanther1013 I was

Listen to the BBC commentary, you’ll hear some absolutely god awful pronunciation. Rebecca Andrade is a classic example of that.

@@saragrant9749 “Q Q yuan” for poor Qiu Qiyuan 😪 like idk how busy these commentators are, but the least they could do is study the names properly before the competition 😅

@@ItsSeanziehave you ever- just once- actually thought about the language differences between various countries, how certain letters and syllables are pronounced? There are probably about 500,000 different ways to pronounce people’s names based on what language the individual claims as their primary. These athletes are quite used to others mispronouncing their names, understanding that language changes pronunciation. Think about that instead of just complaining unnecessarily.

@@saragrant9749 Ok weirdo? First off, I was agreeing with your reply to my initial comment. Secondly, you’re the one complaining on my thread? I simply gave the correct pronunciation for her name with my initial comment. The only person complaining here (and you did A LOT of typing, ma’am) is you.

@@saragrant9749 Additionally, I mentioned Qiu Qiyuan because she DID complain about her name being butchered left and right. Instead of defending your ignorance, maybe learn how to say people’s names? Weirdo.

it's pronounced Aliya Mustafina and she was the 2010 World All Around Champion as well as won gold with the team, silver on vault, bars, and floor in those World Championships. She was a dominant force at that time but torn her ACL in 2011 Europeans which caused her to miss these World Championships even though she has begged her coach to put her on this team. As time went by she healed in time for the Olympics in 2012 and came away with a silver in team final, gold on uneven bars, bronze in All Around as well as floor. She also went to the Olympics in 2016 and came away with gold in Uneven bars, bronze in All Around and silver in team final

Yep. Many an athlete has been like that too unfortunately.