Mary Lou Retton's Perfect 10 Floor Routine! | Music Monday 

I think my favourite was the Welcome to the World performance from the Atlanta 1996 Opening Ceremony.

Katsiaryna Halkina's ribbon at Rio 2016 please!

Andreea Isarescu 2000 Sydney floor !!

Gabriella papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron FD at Pyeongchang Plz

Didn't she do a floor routine to Van Halen Jump?

'Gal'

@@DaveS-pq4jf I miss lawn darts. Gen z could've had some fun with them

Agree I would have loved to see her against Yurtchenko and Mostepanova. Sadly the Soviets did not attend. Would have been the war of the Titans.

*woman

Ya the chick was awesome I was cheering like crazy

It was nice to see. I really can't understand why it's so hard to make the dance part have anything at all to do with the music.

100!

@@adde9506 me either, except some people don't think it matters I guess. It just makes such a big difference

I know what you mean. Many people would probably miss that. I like how she even did the air piano move while in the corner before her last tumble.

To sú tie detaily, ktoré tvoria celok - tréner Béla Károlyi, choreograf Gejza Poszár ( emigrovali z Rumunska - tréneri N. Comaneci )

Supposedly they have 'choreo' or 'dance' elements now. When you compare the modern routines to ones like this from back in the day, these are far superior. Ok the skills are technically superior but adding the dancey parts in between, actually using the music, adds so much.

@@robynzelickson6164they’re athletes not entertainers. Notice how mens floor routines dont even have music? Be grateful dance has remained in women’s gymnastics at all.

Yes I don't understand it. Skatng still has artistry

Omg this is from '84?? You're not the only one who feels old.

EXACTLY the same!!!!!😂

Me too!

remember when we didn't use the word "like" like this? those were the days! (actually, I don't know when it's from, but with a copy-editor father and librarian mother, part of me cringes every time I hear it, even though I say it too...)

Lol

Tiene la gracia y elegancia de Nadia Nadia comaneci me la recuerda Esta niña es perfecta

I'm seeing comments saying that there's "no artistry". Please, people! It might not be my preferred aesthetic (I'm from a ballet background and I think that's the style these people are looking for) but she's amazing from an artistic standpoint, even if it's not your cup of tea.

@Book E People are saying this THIS VIDEO has no artistry. That's what my comment was about. I really think she's pretty interactive and connecting with the audience ;)

@Book E Agreed! That's what I was saying!

Their tumbling passes were much more compact back then due to fewer elements, so they had more room to run and gain speed. We'll probably never see that again!

And jumped sooo high! What a phenomenal power must have been in her fearsomely muscular thighs.

And Katia and Sergi.

She’s also a very nice lady, today! 👍

Is terrace still. :D

I remember her megawatt legs.Then in 1984 I had never seen a 16 year girl with such muscleloaded thighs and steely calves.

@Sahara Alwis It was noticed when certain athletes pushed in this conservative sport to be a little edgy. We loved her for it then!

You know, it's amazing it took that long!

Yess Mary Lou Retton was a Beast back in the day.🤗🏅🥇💯

Put biles on cocoa puffs maybe

@@douglasbradford9007 You should be ashamed of yourself: Wikipedia Simone Arianne Biles (born March 14, 1997) is an American artistic gymnast. With a combined total of 32 Olympic and World Championship medals, Biles is tied with Larisa Latynina as the most decorated gymnast of all time. Biles' seven Olympic medals also ties Shannon Miller for the most Olympic medals won by an American female gymnast. Biles is considered one of the greatest and most dominant gymnasts of all time. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Biles won individual gold medals in the all-around, vault, and floor; bronze on balance beam; and gold as part of the United States team, dubbed the "Final Five". At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, she won bronze on balance beam, as well as silver with the United States team, after struggling with a mental health issue throughout the Games. Biles is also a five-time World all-around champion (2013-2015, 2018-2019), five-time World floor exercise champion (2013-2015, 2018-2019), three-time World balance beam champion (2014-2015, 2019), two-time World vault champion (2018-2019), a seven-time United States national all-around champion (2013-2016, 2018-2019, 2021), and a member of the gold medal-winning American teams at the 2014, 2015, 2018, and 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Additionally, she is a three-time World silver medalist (2013 and 2014 on vault, 2018 on uneven bars) and a three-time World bronze medalist (2015 on vault, 2013 and 2018 on balance beam). Biles is the gymnast with the most World medals (25) and most World gold medals (19), having surpassed Vitaly Scherbo's record 23 World medals by winning her 24th and 25th, both gold, at the 2019 competition in Stuttgart. She is the female gymnast with the most World all-around titles (5). Biles is the sixth woman to win an individual all-around title at both the World Championships and the Olympics, and the first gymnast since Lilia Podkopayeva in 1996 to hold both titles simultaneously. She is the tenth female gymnast and first American female gymnast to win a World medal on every event, and the first female gymnast since Daniela Silivaș in 1988 to win a medal on every event at a single Olympic Games or World Championships, having accomplished this feat at the 2018 World Championships in Doha.

I remember those days , I don’t know why I use to confuse her with Kerry Strug?! 😆

Yea we don't have 10s anymore? When did that change??

Floor had Spring boards

Ahhh..yea i was 17 and stared at the wheaties box during breakfast..😳

​@@krr74 2006

I remember Olga Korbut's floor routine in 1972 was also timed up to the music.

I think the issue is they try to stuff so much technical in the routines they don't have time to do the "art" part of artistic gymnastics.

I don't know... Laurie Hernandez's routine at Rio was incredible and danced to the music

Def should NOT be called artistic gymnastics anymore!

I was thinking the same thing.

I feel the same... It's now all about how perfectly each element is performed, which leaves very little room for choreographic artistry. It really is a shame...😢

I totally agree. She had some cute, impish things in the routine and even the artistry of her drawn out pauses added interest. People now just seek to dazzle with the special effects and seem to have lost a bit of the artistic posture.

Now they just do what the men do, Simone waves a hand around at the end of each line but there is zero artistry in what she does, as I said, may as well watch the men.

They had the same coach as well

She started a new style of gymnasts, super muscular and powerful.

I have autism and in the 1980’s, I had a lot of apathy and indifference to almost everything. My parents HATED it. “You don’t care about ANYTHING”. I was 15 in 1984 and when this floor routine came on, I remember being on the couch and just crying. Hard. It kinda weirded me out and my family didn’t know how to handle it. I had never experienced that much emotion at that time. It was a great moment.

People who give a thumbs down should be required to explain why. Why a thumbs down for this?

The 83 thumbs down are from simone Biles fans who absolutely hate seeing a white woman succeed in any sporting event.

She is amazing and very pretty!

They're from Russians who boycotted the games.

@@annaverano5843 weirdo

well this floor routine was so incredible hard for times, it would have scored 10 until 92 olympics.

I was thinking the same thing! Her run for her passes were Incredibly fast and powerful ! Maybe a 9.9

Anche secondo me non è perfetta da 10 ma siamo in America e c'era anche un motivo politico per quel voto.

There were definitely a few errors here and there , but I really didn’t know the context. Thought her level of difficulty had already been surpassed by then

I was a judge in the 1983-1992 period. The 10 was used also to RANK gymnasts. The "perfect 10" of Nadia denoted perfection, but also later on was used a ranking factor for gymnasts. If a gymnast with form breaks and poor landings ( like Szabo) was given a 9.9 or 9.95, this routine was so far superior in difficulty that it has to be given a 10, especially when half tenth scoring did not start until 1985.

I agree, it didn't exactly deserve a 10 but the routine was charismatic and effective.

@@josephmclaren5525 Yes I liked the choreography/artistry better than a lot of people. The only thing I didn't like in that area is it was just too similar to Emilia Eberle's floor routine of 79/80, almost the same music cuts and choreography even. The problem is she landed well short on her double tuck back to finish and took two steps forward. Not a 10 under any conditions with that. Especialy when Szabo who literally did have a perfect routine, a better routine than the ones she got 10 for in event finals and team optionals had gotten only a 9.95 earlier. Szabo doesn't have a single breathtaking move like Mary Lou's double layout but still that isn't right. Deductions are deductions.

@@tumicduguar2583 Yes I agree with you, it was too similar to Eberle's routine and with a short landing surely you wouldn't get a 10 for that, as you said deductions are deductions.

Level of difficulty.

@@workin4alivin585 What do you mean?

Like she was beating the Russians at their own game. In 1984 that routine said, "Bring it".

Agreed. Her face resembles princess Diana.

@@rubipotter1980 LOL. That’s kind of true. It makes me sad though because I’ve watched the history of Diana, since I wasn’t born then and I simply love her and hate Prince Charles.

Dominique Moceanu has her roots 8n Romania

I went back and watched it again as I thought she might have gone out, but she wasn't. Definitely so close though.

She was called the bumblebee because she’s small strong and fast. 😊

THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS!

And landed a bit short on the front tuck

As opposed to…?

As opposed to all the protest bs, and whiny mental health quitters. Hate this country, grab a plane back to any country you want with the people you like better than America and Americans.

@@madharts007 I'm sure you would want to risk your life flipping and twisting 6 feet in the air when your brain is incapable of knowing where you are. I'm sorry no one ever taught you that your mind actually controls your body and also happy for you that you've never experienced uncontrollable panic and stress. Must be nice.

@@madharts007 Strawman much?

@@rchl7 as opposed to the gen z that hates their country. It’s quite obvious and if you don’t see it, you’re blind.

Mary Lou did do some gymnastics commentating in the NCAA's, especially when her daughter was competing.

Wow I had no idea! I know she did write aid commercials. It got to meet her in person, she's very little and very, very sweet. Almost the happiest day of my life. She also is a huge supporter of the Ronald McDonald house. That's where I met her in the Cleveland house. It was a surprise for me.

Prayers up! Always better than medicine.

that was amazing to think a GIRL could be on the Wheaties box!

Level of difficulty and execution thereof upped the score. She pioneered these skills that have become commonplace.

Maybe it’s the jealous moms from the losing teams.

After the events of 2016-2021, I'm no longer proud to be an American.

@@petelancaster6715 let's be specific..what events would that be ??