I love that she said "add more springs" rather than a single comment about the character's weight. What a sweetheart! This video was so positive all around! Thank you Dominique!
Dominique is such an ultimate pro that she was able to recognize that the gymnast/actress in the American Anthem movie was really doing her routine. That was Maria Anz, a collegiate athlete in that era who won the 1984 floor exercise individual Championship for the Florida Gators.
Why isn't Dominique Dawes working at the Olympics as a commentator? She and Nastia Liukin can just run the whole show themselves. They both speak so well on tv.
Yeah, weird to watch her make that comment after what just happened. Not knowing anything about what's really going on you just try to be non-judgmental and assume the best about the athlete trying.
@@scifigrl23 Did u miss the part right after where she said she scored terribly... How would it have helped the team to go on vault and get lost up there again?
On any other gymnasts' best day, they cannot come close to the scores that Simone gets even on her worst day. That's what I meant. It was a compliment, calm down.
I was all of nine but I definitely remember the Olympics of ‘96. I remember seeing Dominique & the team and I remember Kerri performing thru her ankle injury. Tough team!
Automatically love this!!! But love at the end of the day how professional she is with her Analysis, there’s a lot of love for craft in her. I love that.. sorry for using love so many times but, it is what it is.
I would venture to guess it has something to do with strict diet and excersize routines and frequent health check ups, considering shes an olympian. But who knows, maybe its her skincare routine? maybe its maybelline?
The Vaseline on the teeth trick, my cheer coach when I was little used to make us do that 🙄 The idea was it would make your teeth slippery so it would be easier to smile but all it actually did was make it feel like you had gunk all over your teeth. Ah, the ‘90s.
Probably doesn't taste very good. I can't imagine it being pleasant. It is weird I would've thought it would be to make your teeth shine more then to help you smile. I guess you really do learn something new everyday.
The context of that "Stick It" beam routine was important: The gymnasts had decided to flout the rules and traditions of the sport after one of their teammates had been penalized for a visible bra strap, which is why Weiwei was breakdancing instead of doing more typical movies.
Phil, I wasn’t even born for the ‘96 Olympics but watching Kerri Strug go back out and finish her routine on a bad ankle is beyond amazing and inspiring even now. Simone Biles should’ve watched that before deciding to quit on her teammates. She won’t be able to live that decision down. If she needs her pills to compete, to focus, then she shouldn’t even have been going to the Olympics. What I think she should do is not retire, and what she should do instead is come back for 2024 Paris Olympics to erase what happened this time around.
I know something more then a Olympian. Never thought I would be able to say that….. There is men’s rythmic gymnastics. It is very popular in Europe, Russia and Asia just not America and is not internationally recognized yet by the IOC or has much appeal at all in the Americas.
Dominic has changed so much I didn't recognize her and first I was thinking ok when is she going to walk on? She's still so adorable but I knew her by her voice.
Dominique is such an incredible and hardworking athlete who still impacts gymnastics in a beautifully positive way. Thank you so much. You are incredible ❤
you used to get reduction for wedgies? That is absurd. If it got nothing to do with the actions in the sport, then that is some serious flaws in the perception of the sport. Imagine if football goals partly got judged on how the players shorts looks. Absurd!
I have to correct about the rhythmic gymnastics thing. In rhythmic gymnastics your aren’t allowed to to acrobatic stuff such as backhand spring, back flip etc. you rather do a cartwheel, walkovers stuff like that but no tumbling
Isn't American Anthem the one where the girl performs to music composed by her cousin instead of the music her coach picked out and that she trained to? I would have thought that was worth mentioning. (Maybe I have the wrong movie.)
I understand that gymnasts need to show excitement, smile and all that, but is that a requirement for male gymnasts too or is it only for female ones? 🤔
Male gymnasts need to show toughness, rough exterior, and immense strength. They both have their ups and downs, just like I know some guys who don't like to be macho.
pretty sure it's the same as Figure Skating where it doesn't happen in Real life competition since the darkness makes it hard to see where you're landing. It's done sometimes in exhibitions or shows where gymnasts will do less risky moves so they're less likely to injure themselves. I guess they do it in movies to make it more dramatic.
Also, rhythmic gymnastics for men is a big thing in japan and it`s amazing. I once saw a group of them live but you can see a lot of different routines on youtube, too. However, they do normally not use ribbons etc. as far as I know.
She misspoke when she said that was Artistic Gymnastics. What Will Ferrell's doing in that scene is Rhythmic Gymnastics. She corrected it shortly after that when she said the difference between Rhythmic Gymnastics and Artistic Gymnastics is...
