@bernardmvella yeah, some countries are known for faking the gymnasts ages, but on the other hand, those gymnasts are usually so small anyway that you just can be sure... it's like with deng linlin, I always thought that she looked kinda young, but it's been two years and at the 2010 world championships she looked exactly the same that at 2008 olympics...
I like that she doesn't come to a dead hang after her release skills the way some Chinese gymnats (*cough*He Kexin *cough*) do. And she makes her moves look effortless, rather than muscling through everything.
Inverted giants are very difficult to do. Even with the bars as far apart as they have ever been they are still very hard to pull off. Even if the women had only a highbar just like the men(which eventually i think will happen) they would still be one of the hardest skill done in gymnastics. I would know, i competed them in 1998-99 when i was an elite gymnast. I would have to keep them at the beg. on my routine because by the end i was out of gas and out of chalk. I didnt wear grips.
Oh that was so lovely: inverted giants were quite rare for women then, so her inverted giant into Jaegar was amazing!! The height was unreal; but she did catch it on bent arms. Still a wonderful routine; she was so beautiful. Although tiny, she actually had a womans figure:)
true she did have a women's figure but it looked like it was wasting away. Like she should have weighed about 15 more lbs. She missed some handstands but overall the routine was really dynamic and pretty.
Amazing! i guess judges didn't really care much about arches. Equally as amazing as Ma Yanhong and Nadia Comaneci! Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow,wow,wow,.....
her dismount looked very graceful. that reminds me of svetlana boginskaya's dismount in the 1988 Olympics, they've got a very similar pose, just like an angel.
She went up before. Watch Silivas's routine and after she dismounts you can see Fan Di waiting to see what her score is. She then goes up to Silivas and congratulates her (or they congratulate each other since they both tied for gold) with a kiss.
I remember in the original ESPN broadcast they showed Fan Di's routine along with a few others. Christy Henrich's routine was shown then she was followed by Silivas.
Audie-don't respond to people who attack you. It's not worth it. Just ignore them. You have a right to your opinions-just as everyone here has been voicing them. Anyone who takes someones opinion on an event that occurred 20 years ago so very personally and gets so angry that they resort to hurling insults at them in really needs to do some deep soul-searching. I am sure Fan Di and Daniela Silivas are very happy with what medals they won-and have gone on with their lives.
You should not take people's remarks so personally. It's childish to attack another user hurling insults at them just because you don't like what they say-your doing so only makes you seem hypocritical and very rude also. Your attack against audie really was uncalled for.
Shannon Miller was like 68 pounds...that would be a pretty sick hippo. No elite gymnast could be called a hippo, they are much smaller than average people usually, even the gymnasts that are big for the sport. Fan Di was awesome though, love her.
Now that you point them out-I guess it's true. But compared to other routines like Strazheva's which I think scored a 9.95-her 10.00 was worthy. The judges scored everyone too high anyway.
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She's got great skills.You should check up the Chinese and Korean gymnasts, they're so tiny and flexible, that's why they easily achieve great skills that others work hard for during months of training. Check up Kim Gwang Suk, Mo Huilan, Yang Yun, Luo Li...they're tiny and this is a huge advantage. Compared to hippos like Elise Ray, Shannon Miller, Dominique Dawes and Kupets,they're porcelain dolls. So that's why the judges 'have so many 10 to give away' when it comes to them.
First of all don't call them hippos when maybe ur one. Dominique Dawes is not a hippo neither is Elise Ray or Shannon Miller. Are u a gymnast if not them back off
Why do you care, are YOU a gymnast? Or shall I say, if i'm not a gymnast then I don't have the fundamental right to express myself freely?? That's my opinion. Compare Elise Ray's routine at Sydney with this one.The conclusions are all yours.
But, do your kno how hard it is to keep your femine figure when you work 6 to 10 hours a day.And yes i am a gymnast! So sorry if offended you in any way
Um, when Shannon Miller competed at her prime, which was only a few years after this, she was less than 70 lbs. That's not really all that hippo-ish, by any standard.
she is probably lighter tahn 90lbs anyways......i'd say that a heavy gymnast would be around 120lbs...for elites anyays, but definetly not hippos, and definaly not for the 90 and 100lbs.
Perhaps Hippo wasnt the best choice of words, but it annoys me that people think you mean 'fat' when you point out that American gymnasts have traditionally been the biggest gymnasts. It does not mean fat, but they are indeed heavier then the other nations consistently. AGAIN - THIS DOES NOT MEAN FAT OR UNFIT OR GROSS, IT SIMPLY MEANS NOT AS TINY AS OTHERS.
I don't think that people taking the word "hippo" to mean fat is unjustified. You don't really have the right to be annoyed by their interpretation of a word that you simultaneously acknowledge to be out of line. You're right American gymnasts are usually heavier, but they're also taller, and it does average out. Besides, you're really only considering the big gymnastics powers, such as the US, China, and the former Soviet nations--who, to note, have gymnasts comparable in size to the US.
Hardly worthy of a 10.00??? True the judges gave out too many 10.00's in the day but this was spectacular routine with no major mistakes. You say 'hardly' as if Fan Di bombed all over the place.
True - when I said that I didn't like her dismount, it's just that move has never been aesthetically appealing to me. I wasn't commenting on her level of skill or performance.
I see-I'm sorry I misunderstood. Actually speaking of dismounts-one of my all time favorites is the Ma Yanhong hecht off the top bar-it'd be cool if someone threw that again. There were so many 'Nadia' dismounts, then so many 'double backs' or full twists. It'd be refreshing to see something different.
yes , she shared the gold medal with silivas because she scored a ten after her (if u wanna c it visit my channel) but i don't think she went on the olympics i'm not sure
why wasn't she deducted for her underpants showing?
thegoatsthatski 1 month ago
Her team mate looks way too young to be an elite gymnast, a tad before the 2 minutes mark. True I know a lot of them fake their ages but &^%$.
bernardmvella 1 year ago
@bernardmvella yeah, some countries are known for faking the gymnasts ages, but on the other hand, those gymnasts are usually so small anyway that you just can be sure... it's like with deng linlin, I always thought that she looked kinda young, but it's been two years and at the 2010 world championships she looked exactly the same that at 2008 olympics...
KsiezniczkaTatusia 11 months ago
Didn't she hit her heels on the low bar?
admetric 1 year ago
@admetric when???i can't see it...
vikaki24 1 year ago
I like that she doesn't come to a dead hang after her release skills the way some Chinese gymnats (*cough*He Kexin *cough*) do. And she makes her moves look effortless, rather than muscling through everything.
TinyAva93 1 year ago
Her release moves just float. Did she hit her heels on the low bar or is that just me?
gymnasticsloverxoxo 1 year ago
Inverted giants are very difficult to do. Even with the bars as far apart as they have ever been they are still very hard to pull off. Even if the women had only a highbar just like the men(which eventually i think will happen) they would still be one of the hardest skill done in gymnastics. I would know, i competed them in 1998-99 when i was an elite gymnast. I would have to keep them at the beg. on my routine because by the end i was out of gas and out of chalk. I didnt wear grips.
justin1gibson 1 year ago
Wow Yang Bo was there too! =D
Hasoginy 1 year ago
Missed handstands were not always deducted then as they are now.
Pagan1123 1 year ago
@Pagan1123 yeah i was going to say not all her handstands were at that perfect 12:00 position.
LMA629 1 year ago
this deserved a 9.95 and a tie for the bronze medal with Henrich, who had better form than Fan Di
metsdudenj 1 year ago
that wasn't perfect, she missed a lot of handstands
leeny11 1 year ago 4
that jager salto was breath taking to watch! so much height! i rarley say this BUT well deserve 10.00
luv4cookie1 2 years ago
Oh that was so lovely: inverted giants were quite rare for women then, so her inverted giant into Jaegar was amazing!! The height was unreal; but she did catch it on bent arms. Still a wonderful routine; she was so beautiful. Although tiny, she actually had a womans figure:)
ralucagymnast 2 years ago
they're actually only front giants, not inverted.
sqekcx 2 years ago
true she did have a women's figure but it looked like it was wasting away. Like she should have weighed about 15 more lbs. She missed some handstands but overall the routine was really dynamic and pretty.
Golddusttwin1 1 year ago
大美女，大长腿。。。
U38066 2 years ago
hey she scored a 10
what if others also scored 10s..
then will there be several winners?
agathayy 2 years ago
yes, it would be a tie
ItsNastiaFan101 2 years ago
@agathayy Yes several winners. There is no tiebreaker in World Championship.
shuchangfan 2 years ago
Look how high she is on her releases! No one today do it like her.
irafa2 2 years ago
Amazing! i guess judges didn't really care much about arches. Equally as amazing as Ma Yanhong and Nadia Comaneci! Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow,wow,wow,.....
zhujp98 2 years ago
and the hanstands XD
cleicsioluek 2 years ago
her dismount looked very graceful. that reminds me of svetlana boginskaya's dismount in the 1988 Olympics, they've got a very similar pose, just like an angel.
yellowbanana104 2 years ago
Jaeger was HUUUGE! Awesome.
CelloRosin 2 years ago
I really like her style on bars. Every skill has good swing, and her routine flows really well.
macassar88 3 years ago
OMG! That dismount was BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
hoshinokiseki 3 years ago 3
I like her bars better than Silivas' but her dismount isnt as cool :)
live4gymnstics 3 years ago
Where did Fan Di go in the rotation? Was she before or after Silivas?
mrparke007 3 years ago
She went up before. Watch Silivas's routine and after she dismounts you can see Fan Di waiting to see what her score is. She then goes up to Silivas and congratulates her (or they congratulate each other since they both tied for gold) with a kiss.
audie83 3 years ago
I remember in the original ESPN broadcast they showed Fan Di's routine along with a few others. Christy Henrich's routine was shown then she was followed by Silivas.
PhillyGal4Ever 3 years ago
Beauty with a capital B! loved it!
brookenicole222 3 years ago 2
audie83, stop polluting the comments page with your ignorance and stupidity. thanks
lepetitpoulet 3 years ago 3
Stop polluting the world with your rude, obnoxious existence. Jerk.
audie83 3 years ago 2
Audie-don't respond to people who attack you. It's not worth it. Just ignore them. You have a right to your opinions-just as everyone here has been voicing them. Anyone who takes someones opinion on an event that occurred 20 years ago so very personally and gets so angry that they resort to hurling insults at them in really needs to do some deep soul-searching. I am sure Fan Di and Daniela Silivas are very happy with what medals they won-and have gone on with their lives.
PhillyGal4Ever 3 years ago 2
You should not take people's remarks so personally. It's childish to attack another user hurling insults at them just because you don't like what they say-your doing so only makes you seem hypocritical and very rude also. Your attack against audie really was uncalled for.
PhillyGal4Ever 3 years ago 4
I think she does deserve the ten... look at how high her releases are!
IngridGymnastics 3 years ago 2
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she doesn't deserve a ten there is no jaeger
gobendagymbug12 3 years ago
Are you an idiot? She did a jaeger and a tkatchev.
SchwarzeWitwe2 3 years ago
So which year was this? Anyway, she lacks charisma for a 10!
blueforare 3 years ago
This was the 1989 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.
audie83 3 years ago
That Jaeger was unreal!
ispaht 3 years ago 2
Shannon Miller was like 68 pounds...that would be a pretty sick hippo. No elite gymnast could be called a hippo, they are much smaller than average people usually, even the gymnasts that are big for the sport. Fan Di was awesome though, love her.
kealabeam 3 years ago 8
@kealabeam How can Shannon Miller possibly have weighed only 68lbs? That's not even 5 stones.
fantastischfish 7 months ago
@fantastischfish she was only about 4 foot 5 or 6 at the time, with zero body fat.
nicki446 3 months ago
@nicki446 It's not possible to have zero body fat...you'd be dead.
fantastischfish 3 months ago
@fantastischfish it's called a figure of speech... She was very tiny and fit, let's put it that way.
nicki446 3 months ago
Yeah, that definitely wasn't 10-worthy. There were a few form breaks and some of her handstands weren't straight.
caitlinette 4 years ago
Now that you point them out-I guess it's true. But compared to other routines like Strazheva's which I think scored a 9.95-her 10.00 was worthy. The judges scored everyone too high anyway.
audie83 3 years ago
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She's got great skills.You should check up the Chinese and Korean gymnasts, they're so tiny and flexible, that's why they easily achieve great skills that others work hard for during months of training. Check up Kim Gwang Suk, Mo Huilan, Yang Yun, Luo Li...they're tiny and this is a huge advantage. Compared to hippos like Elise Ray, Shannon Miller, Dominique Dawes and Kupets,they're porcelain dolls. So that's why the judges 'have so many 10 to give away' when it comes to them.
iolebebe 4 years ago
First of all don't call them hippos when maybe ur one. Dominique Dawes is not a hippo neither is Elise Ray or Shannon Miller. Are u a gymnast if not them back off
gymnasticsgirl0078 4 years ago
Hippos??? Haha! You're crazy.
caitlinette 4 years ago
Why do you care, are YOU a gymnast? Or shall I say, if i'm not a gymnast then I don't have the fundamental right to express myself freely?? That's my opinion. Compare Elise Ray's routine at Sydney with this one.The conclusions are all yours.
iolebebe 4 years ago
But, do your kno how hard it is to keep your femine figure when you work 6 to 10 hours a day.And yes i am a gymnast! So sorry if offended you in any way
gymnasticsgirl0078 3 years ago
Um, when Shannon Miller competed at her prime, which was only a few years after this, she was less than 70 lbs. That's not really all that hippo-ish, by any standard.
fluteyfire 3 years ago 2
Hippos?? Now I've seen it all. Calling 90 and 100 pound gymnasts hippos. That's way ignorant.
audie83 3 years ago 8
she is probably lighter tahn 90lbs anyways......i'd say that a heavy gymnast would be around 120lbs...for elites anyays, but definetly not hippos, and definaly not for the 90 and 100lbs.
crazy4gymnastics4224 3 years ago 4
Shannon Miller is a 'hippo'? She looks so thin in 1992! I bet you weigh twice as much as them!
caramelcreamsauce 3 years ago 3
Perhaps Hippo wasnt the best choice of words, but it annoys me that people think you mean 'fat' when you point out that American gymnasts have traditionally been the biggest gymnasts. It does not mean fat, but they are indeed heavier then the other nations consistently. AGAIN - THIS DOES NOT MEAN FAT OR UNFIT OR GROSS, IT SIMPLY MEANS NOT AS TINY AS OTHERS.
sideshowdee 3 years ago 3
I don't think that people taking the word "hippo" to mean fat is unjustified. You don't really have the right to be annoyed by their interpretation of a word that you simultaneously acknowledge to be out of line. You're right American gymnasts are usually heavier, but they're also taller, and it does average out. Besides, you're really only considering the big gymnastics powers, such as the US, China, and the former Soviet nations--who, to note, have gymnasts comparable in size to the US.
QueenieQue 3 years ago 2
hardly worthy of a 10.00 Judges handed out Perfect 10's like they had too many of them
HoneyGotMeHooked 4 years ago
Hardly worthy of a 10.00??? True the judges gave out too many 10.00's in the day but this was spectacular routine with no major mistakes. You say 'hardly' as if Fan Di bombed all over the place.
PhillyGal4Ever 3 years ago 3
she didnt hit sum handstands. Flexed toes on dismount. Otherwise, gtreat!
zhujp98 2 years ago
This was great! How can anyone say it isn't good! It was a perfect 10! That was great!
PmountxGymChick 4 years ago
WOW! I loved her tkatchev! Gorgeous! I wish she had a more powerful dismount though - it was really good, but nothing special.
hannah1721 4 years ago
For the times her dismount was fine-remember Silivas was doing Nadia's dismount from the 1970's and she equaled Fan Di's ten.
audie83 3 years ago
True - when I said that I didn't like her dismount, it's just that move has never been aesthetically appealing to me. I wasn't commenting on her level of skill or performance.
hannah1721 3 years ago
I see-I'm sorry I misunderstood. Actually speaking of dismounts-one of my all time favorites is the Ma Yanhong hecht off the top bar-it'd be cool if someone threw that again. There were so many 'Nadia' dismounts, then so many 'double backs' or full twists. It'd be refreshing to see something different.
audie83 3 years ago
WOW!!
swimfishe 4 years ago
she didn't do a geinger, but that jaeger was skyed
backflipboy27 4 years ago
I don't like her bars.
whipback 4 years ago
Me neither.
KarenLovesGymnastics 4 years ago
She didn't do a geinger.
gymgirl123 4 years ago 3
Yeah, but that Jaeger was insane.
SchwarzeWitwe2 4 years ago
Beautiful routine, a perfect exercice !
great ::: Fan Di :::
kenybox 4 years ago
She was so perfectly smooth in the exercise! Did she win? And did she go on to the Olympics?
Beccka 4 years ago 4
yes , she shared the gold medal with silivas because she scored a ten after her (if u wanna c it visit my channel) but i don't think she went on the olympics i'm not sure
comaneci1 4 years ago
@comaneci1 No she retired after the Asian Games in 1990
metsdudenj 1 year ago
Fan Di competed at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, but did not compete at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
greyserf 4 years ago