Team Romania was on 🔥 at Athens 2004! 🇷🇴 

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Preach!

2012 was Also a superb team. Catalina Ponor, Sandra Izbasa, Larisa Iordache, Diana Bulimar and Diana Chelaru.

@@PedroHenrique-vo2eg But USA and Russia ruled that competition.

Aurelia Dobre ,Camelia Voinea,etc

Andreea Raducan...

Lavinia Milosovichi, Teodora Ungureanu.

It's because she usually did a full-twisting layout. That's her "safe" routine. 😁

@@Ian.D. There was one point where she was training a 1.5 twisting back tuck on beam. I would've done anything to witness that.

even better

Oana did 9 difficult jumps , most of them in combination : Dscore would have been around 8 in actual CP 22-24 !! And E : more than 9.5 !!! 😍😍😍

USA was the best team in Athens. Romania outperformed them however, and had a better team configuration than the United States, who by the time the Olympics came was dealing with injuries to both McCool (wrist) and Kupets (hip). If they had been 100%, USA would have easily won team gold. Romania took advantages of the US's mistakes to capitalize on gold but they were not the best team in Athens. Similarly, Romania was not the best team in Sydney (Russia was hands down) but they were consistent and capitalized on mistakes made by Russia. USA was technically not the best team in 1996. China and Romania before injuries were the best two teams in Atlanta but the US outperformed them. If we look back at the last 8 Olympics only USA in 2016, 2012 and CIS in 1992 were the best teams on paper and actually won gold.

USA was not the best team in 2004. Even at their best they had iffy and inconsistent start values on floor and beam, which was part of what cost them. The Romanians knew how to get their full start value.

​@@jorgebonilla2234 Agreed, Bhardwaj's FX routine was only designed to have 9.9 SV and Kupets only 9.8, those are weak FX routines. Both then missed dance elements in the TF and got just 9.7 and 9.6 SV respectively. Bhardwaj's BB routine was only designed to have 9.8 SV but at least she hit. All of Romania's BB and FX routines were designed to have 10.0 SV.

​@@jorgebonilla2234they cannot accept that they are losers.

I think describing the post 2006 COP as "open ended" is kinda of a misnomer; although SV is no longer subject to a hard cap like under the 10 point system, how much SV you can have is still limited by what's possible and permissible under the COP. That that COP inevitably favours some gymnasts and countries over others. And, like you say, it just hasn't favoured Romania. The 2008 COP had sky high SVs on UB, Romania's worst event. Under the 10 point system you could fairly easily get 10.0 SV on UB so even weak Romanian routines at least go there and be competitive. Even in 2012 and 2016, UB scores were higher than in other events, Mustafina scored near or over 16.0 in both Olympics while even the best BB and FX routines could barely get over 15.5. After 2013, the G cap on tumbling was also removed and tumbling on FX started to reach H, I and J, which favoured the USA whose gymnasts tended to be more muscular and powerful tumblers (like Biles). But at least Romania remained competitive in 2008 and 2012. After that, their system started to crumble and standards dropped due to long term under investment whereas the USA has thrown money at gymnastics. Going forward, Romania doesn't look like it has the money to invest in gymnastics to recover their glory years and the country now has other priorities. But if members of this 2004 team competed today and were still physically at their peak, they'd definitely challenge for the medals. Just look at Ponor, she was highly competitive in 2012 and could have even won bronze in 2016 (if not for nervous errors).

I think the LOSO into Onodi is worth 0.2 CV since it involves a change of direction. It's a valuable combination but difficult. She also gets 0.1 SB.

Esatamente !! Oana should have won Gold Medal AA in 2003 !! She was underscored at every apparatus ! 😂😍😍😍

USA is better now because they have Romanian trainees

@@paulpita4379 Yep, like Nadia Comaneci ! 😅

She was one of the participant in Women of Ninja Warrior(Japanese early version)

Her bars would have kept her out of it.

Oana Ban and Nicolete Sofronie. This two also strong contender in floor exercise. Solid movement, jumping and sommersoult.

This might be qualification

This was during qualifications, which occurred during a major Greek holiday

I remember hearing the commentators say during this qualifying round that the tickets were a little too expensive.

in 2012

We have been a democratic country since 1990