This was a time when grace and the balletic side of gymnastics was prized. Sadly that has given way to power and punch and so much of the grace is lost. This was a gorgeous routine.
@@saragrant9749That's a ridiculous remark. 🙄 The name of the sport is ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS, not Power Tumbling. There has to be a balance which the FIG is finally addressing. And no, artistry does not just mean balletic style gymnastics. It's ignorant to make such an assumption. There are many dance forms and room for all types as long as the ARTISTIC side of the sport is not ignored! This includes proper lines, form, toe point and extension!
Era straordinariamente brava tecnicamente e per molti aspetti alla pari se non addirittura più brava della Comaneci che però aveva fisico e probabilmente carisma maggiori
I was 4 and watching this. I vaguely remember it. I always thought you deserved floor gold and were so pretty. My name is tracy but in kindergarten told kids I was the next teodora. My fave gymnast of all time !
Please compare Theodora's routine (9.75) to Turischeva in the same TF(9.95). Simply outrageous that some judges gave Teodora a 9.70 and some gave Tourischeva a 10.
Sadly, you don't see this artistry now days, with the exceptional few, and I mean few. Today's routines are high power tumbling with a mix of glorified cheerleading dance crap. I always thought that Ungureanu's FX was under scored and the most entertaining FX of the Montreal games. But of course, everybody was in the shadow of Nadia, who was ( let's face it ) brilliant!
absolutely underscored, Ungureanu deserved much mroe at olypics in 76! this was my fav floor routine of olympics in 76, much better than Comaneci or Kim, not even comparison with the horrible floor by Turischeva
On this performance ,I think she was for far way better than Nadia , at least on grace.Poor Teodora , she definitely deserved much more than She have earned
Wow, I can watch Nadia over and over, more than most gymnasts of yesterday and today and especially the 76 Olympics, but this routine was better than Nadia's which I found a bit cheesy. On a side note I see quirky movements from this routine and from the very beginning of Nadia's (Montreal 76) used in one of my fave floor routine Oksana O's birdy one c.1985.
@@scarliatus422 Teodora muchas veces explico que ella se esforzaba mucho, pero no de más, al principio era mejor que Nadia, pero luego Nadia perfeccionó su gimnasia, ya que se quedaba tiempo extra trabajando en sus rutinas, por eso reconoció el trabajo, el esfuerzo y las victorias de Nadia, por otro lado Teo y otras personas cercanas afirmaron que comúnmente tenía envidia y celos a su compañera, ambas son las mejores pero una avanzó más.
@@martitagzz por un ejercicio de diferencia, Nelly Kim obtuvo 3 o más dieces perfectos, si Nadia hubiera cometido el más mínimo error, ahora estarías diciendo que Nelly Kim es la reina de la gimnasia
To me, Teodora had a sparkle that Nadia never had. She reminds me of no one else on floor exercise other than Olga Korbutt. It's a combination of attitude, personality, and technical skill. Nadia's floor routines, even when they were 10's always struck me as mechanical and devoid of emotion. And this was also said of her at time.
Her score was an absolute travesty - for so many reasons! All thanks to the corruptness of gymnastics at that time! Teodora was an incredibly beautiful and talented gymnast - I love her. She, without question is in my top 5 gymnasts of all time.
Hm seems like bela recycles some of gymnasts floor music and moves if watched emilia eberles floor routine and marylou can see repeating some of same moves as this routine.
Non ho mai potuto comprendere perché la Ungureanu sia stata sempre così sottostimata dai giudici in generale e in questa competizione del 76 in particolare. Era una ginnasta eccezionale sotto tutti i punti di vista e lo dimostra una volta in più questa routine al corpo libero dove eccelle per grazia, difficoltà e tecnica. L’eterna seconda a Nadia Comaneci in Romania forse posso anche comprenderlo ( ma in realtà non del tutto ), ma che a Montreal non arrivò ne’ seconda ne’ terza non lo capisco proprio per nulla. La ginnastica di Teodora era molto precisa con una spiccata capacità artistica oltre misura eppure è stata messa in ombra dalla fama delle sovietiche del tempo e dalla sua stessa compagna di squadra che sappiamo tutti essere stata una grandissima ma a mio parere mai più della sua cara amica
Are you crazy? Nelli has a double tuck, full layout, incredible combination on her second tumbling pass, good execution, beautiful music and exciting choreography. She was the gold medalist, Teodora deserve the bronze on the final.
Ella gano plata en barras asimetricas, bronce en viga de equilibrio, y cuarta All around despues de touricheva, nelly kim, y nadia comaneci, a 3 decimas de podio se quedo. Ademas de la plata con el equipo
@@nathanieleli2469 a much more balanced response. Certainly an enjoyable routine , executed very well. Nellie Kim’s exercise wasn’t horrible and was performed without any mistakes , hence the 10
La diferencia es el entrenamiento, bella caroli le permitía a Nadia quedarse en el gimnasio hasta tarde prácticando y practicando, lo peor es que solo reconocieron a Nadia y no a Teodora y a las otras gimnastas rumanas, fue culpa de ceaceuscu que Teodora no fue a Moscú 80, no dejo que entrenarán más, les dio libertad, faltó disciplina y sus cuerpos cambiaron, sin dudas Teodora hubiera sido la mejor de Moscú 1980, ya que en Montreal superó a gimnastas como Olga korbut, Ludmila tourischeva, Nelly Kim, en una o que otro aparato, y a todas las gimnastas del mundo quedando en puesto 4 en all araund: 1-nadia Comaneci 2-ludmila tourischeva 3-nelly Kim 4-teodora ungureanu Las habilidades de Nadia y Teodora eran las mismas, como dije, solo era cuestión de en el aire hacer bien los grados y mantener bien juntas las piernas y pies estirados
@@l.d1304 el 80% gimnastas olimpicos chinos caen en la pobreza y el 60% quedan discapacitados, antes las gimnastas tenían que huir de sus países para ser libres, cuando Nadia hullo a Hungría, llamo por teléfono a Teodora, que creo que vivía en Italia, al final les roban la infancia y las mejores etapas, y algunos quedan con daños irreversibles
Completely lowballed. Teodora should have won the All Around bronze, but they wanted to give Tourischeva a retirement present. Ungureanu should have also made floor finals and at least won the silver. Nadia Comaneci herself said after those Olympics that she believed that Teodora, her friend and teammate, should have won the gold on floor at those Games!
While i do adore young Ms U's performance, there was one quirky choreographic choice, at 31 seconds in, that front handspring that ended in that ungainly crouch, oddly ungraceful. I wonder if the judges found that objectionable in an otherwise superb routine
