She just holds the audience in the palm of her hand. Such charisma, performance and artistry, plus you really get the sense that she loves what she's doing. And of course, perfect execution..
I come back to this again and again. The choreography, her musicality and expression and the difficulty for the era make this one for the ages. The Soviets actually listened to their music.
The way she presents herself is amazing! She had a gift! Her smile makes me smile. I wish gymnastics was still like this. Her tumbling is so interesting and done so cleanly.
The "cutesy little girl" bits were the best part! They work them hard enough to be depressed as mine workers, sure, but she is a young girl. To me this routine captures the spirit of gymnastics- as close as possible to flying like a bird. A routine with dancing like that would be a reward for all the hard work. And LMA629- since it's hard to sing for joy and tumble simultaneously, the music provided exactly what was missing.
Oksana and also Nadia Comaneci are the most graceful gymnasts ever ❤ but until about 2002 many gymnasts had this beautiful balletic style.. things changed a lot... it's sad that such a pretty sport turned into raw explosive power
i love how her choreo flows so well into each move... the dance into the tumbling, it's so different now. the dance nowadays looks like a task not like a part of the routine.
This happened before I was born and it still brings tears to me eyes to see her reaction to her score. Of all the clips of gymnastics I have I think I have most of Oksana. Along with Severino she is my favorite gymnast of all time.
Omelianchik combined grace, power and agility in her routine. You rarely see all three in gymnasts today. If you take away the amazing tumbling passes you would still be in awe of her execution - toes always pointed, shoulders always square, head always held high. Gymnasts now may have more powerful tumbling but have hunched shoulders and unpointed toes especially when they run to do their tumbling passes.
This was brilliant. I actually enjoyed watching this, as opposed to today's floor exercises where the entire point is to squirm your way into the corners where you can do flips from as many times as possible.
Because she finished 8th at the '88 USSR Cup, which served as Olympic trials, she was, we might say, fucking unlucky, because her handgrip broke during her bars routine, causing her to fall off. Such a shame...
I like this routine - she seems like she's having fun. And to PaigeChapman6, what do you find unnecessary and repulsive about this routine then? Come on, TELL US. I'm no gymnast but I'd like to see you do that lol!!
Seriously! How can a floor routine even be "unnecessary"? The comment you replied to is obviously unintelligent and uninformed. Omelianchik was one of the best floor-workers, along with Silivas, Mostepanova, and other beauties like Shushunova and Ilienko.
@mrsrachelmorgan The second tumbling pass is a round-off, flic flac, double twisting somersault, punch front to round-off, flic flac, half twist to front walk out, round off 1 1/2 twisting to pike roll out. I think the exact move you're asking about is the double twisting somersault.
It would be more badass if 0:55-1:05 was saved for last. Still, this is the best & most beautiful floor performance i've seen. I would say very magnificent.
She did make the olympics but she was a substitute, and in the following Olimpics, when she was able to go and compete the URSS comitee anounced she was retiring without ever telling her so she quitted and moves to the USA to train other gymnasts.
@AngelicPhantom Just knowing how the soviet system was...I was so happy for her too..thats a though system and they have been working so hard for their entire lives..its so amazing.
This when they actually cared about producing "artistic" gymnastics but sorry to say we Americans hijacked the sport and turned it into what it is today....CRAP! Go USA!
Do you prefer Shawn Johnson's or Cheng Fei's? Clearly you have no appreciation for artistry, nor groundbreaking gymnastics. This is widely known as one of the best floor routines of all time for combining difficulty (at the time) with beautiful dance and charming style.
@@daisy8284 she was the Soviet alternate at the '84 Olomouc "Alternate" Games, so she would probably have been the Olympic alternate had they competed in L.A
You have to remember these girls were under very strict diets and workout regimens. Ever watch 'are you going to the ball?' Groshkova and her teammates are eating a bowl of soup and - like - half a slice of bread for dinner, then they start to fantasize about being allowed to eat ice cream and pie. Europeans in general tend to weigh less than us bc of all the crap food companies are putting in to our food.
She had done badly at the '87 Worlds, and during the '88 USSR Cup (which served as Olympic trials) she fell off bars because her handgrip tore off so she finished 8th AA. She actually went to the Olympics as Soviet alternate
clearly she is an amazing gymnast with beautiful dance and original tumbling. However, I find the "little girl" choreography in parts of it to be too "cutesy". I also felt that she should have received a deduction for the pause after the final piked double back into a handspring.
Why would anyone use anabola for gymnastics? Large chunks of unusable tissue is pretty useless in this sport don't you think? Doping for gymnastics would be stuff like (pseudo)ephedrine or methylphenidate, which makes you skinny as fuck. If someone has proper muscle mass for the exercise they perform, obviously they've been working out properly. Anabola does not enhance your muscle strength as much as your appearance (makes you look buff). Ergo: Skinny=Most likely doping Buff= -"- worked out.
she stepped out of the full in double pike, there should have been a landing deduction. This is why the old scoring system wasn't fair, most perfect 10s awarded had very visible errors.
The abolishment of the perfect 10 destroyed the chance of seeing greatness like this ever again. Now we get arm waving from Russia and Romania and tumbling robots from the USA. Frankly, the originality that Omelianchick showed in her last two tumbles here is more interesting and exciting than all of Biles's double backs combined. And don't even get me started on the artistry.
