Maria Olaru - 1999 Worlds AA - Balance Beam 

A great routine!! I do think she was quite weak on bars, but for whatever reason the judges kept her scoring well and she did fine in AA.....so I don't necessarily agree with Bart there, but I do think he's usually a better USA commentator than some others.....he's fair to all athletes, kind, and talks about the routine we're watching

Brilliant!

THANK YOU GOD THAT AFTER THIS YEAR THE ROMANIANS never WORE THIS LEO AGAIN!

Haha, I was just thinking the same thing! They wore variations of this leo forever, didn't they? Personally I liked the 2000-ish leotards the best, with those ribbon things.

dang, she moved the whole beam on that hip circle

when'd they first start to wear these leos? i know they did at the '96 olympics, but don't know of other competitions they've worn them at.

yah. from sydney... those were cool! they made them look small-er. maria's toe point isnt very good.

She was consistent most of the time, but from all romanians for me is the least favorite…