Betty Okino - 1992 Olympics AA - Uneven Bars

[ValeriesGal]

None of this is easy. It's only easy to watch. Imagine all the hard work to get to this point. Given her height, I think she did some incredible things with her career, as far as it went.

[lostlyrarose]

was she kidding with that dismount?

[luv4cookie1]

@lostlyrarose its rated a D and is really hard so idk wtf you are talking about just because there isen't fifty flips and twist doesn't mean the routine isen't difficult

[lostlyrarose]

@luv4cookie1 I think the scoring was real weird at this olympics, because the start values were the same, no matter if the dismount was a double tuck or a double layout... I just think if she had been able to do a full-in, she could have been a medal contender on bars.

[maxy7792]

yeah but this is also very sad that with such AN EASY dismount she couldnt stick it that was kind of a disgrace thought..

[htownhomie06]

i disagree. she upgraded from 91 which is why this set won silver at the 92 Worlds in Paris. that dismount done in layed out position here is more difficult that u get credit 4.

[maxy7792]

oh i just thought compared to the other dismounts the athelets did, that this was fairly easy, and i just thought that to me its difficutly level wasent so strong, that she would of stuck it sorry if i offended you or something, im just not a betty okino fan

[htownhomie06]

no offense taken, sorry if the comment came off harsh. just good old fashioned debate where i'm from.

[maxy7792]

ok cool, i acually am kind of starting to like betty because i just see her form as flawless, like shannon miller's. it is really nice, but i just think that she is pretty tall for a gymnast dont you think?

[mrparts]

that dismount is rated D.. it is not easy at all.. you must be confusing it with the tucked version which is significantly easier.

[metsdudenj]

@mrparts that wasnt totally layed out, krisztina molnar did this dismount better than anyone

[maxy7792]

she is so tall for a gymnast but she is so excelent this is what legends are made of people

[KarenLovesGymnastics]

Nice swing!

[princesscheekylady]

she is very tall for a gymnast.

[lambielkwanfan]

Yeah she might have medaled in the AA at the 91 Worlds had she done this dismount instead. Sadly she wasnt even a remote contender for the AA here, too much ground lost to others with the injury layoff.

[rank101]

Shoot thru front half at that time was considered weak. The top gymnasts were doing double flyaways. Keep in mind shushunova did 1/2 in 1/2 out in 1986. Okino was really a one hit wonder: Beam.

[tide32athlete]

I'd have to disagree about the one hit wonder. Betty was great on every event and was capable of much more difficulty than she threw in Barcelona. A double tuck was worth the same as the dismount she's throwing here and if you've ever done both of them, you know the free hip front 1/2 is more difficult. Not many gymnasts competed in any Olympics with the amount of injuries Okino had.

[rank101]

Betty's floor??? She opened with a double pike--other gymnasts were ending with a double pike (Dianne Durham--83 national champ--had more difficult tumbling, so did MLR). If a shoot thru front 1/2 is so difficult (more difficult than a double fly), why aren't gymnast still doing it? Keep in mind, at world's a year earlier, she only dismounted with a front with 1/2. One has to wonder why some injuries may occur--is it matter of accident or a matter of technique?

[tide32athlete]

Before she got injured in '91 she did a full-in mount on floor. I'm not saying she was tops on the team, but that she upgraded to a more difficult dismount on bars. Not all injuries are due to bad technique. Some bodies are just built a little different and not able to stand all the pounding. If you can't understand that then there's no contest to this discussion or a need to carry on further.

[tcseeme]

"If a shoot thru front 1/2 is so difficult (more difficult than a double fly), why aren't gymnast still doing it?"

A FHF1/2 is still a D (layout) or C (pike). It may be an easier D than a double layout (Dtuck and Dpike are B and C) but learning a whole different technique is possibly less worth it than simply trying to upgrade from a flyway.

[svetaswan]

"One has to wonder why some injuries may occur--is it matter of accident or a matter of technique? "

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Bela Karolyi training methods + Okino's long-limbed, lithe (and growing) bodytype = walking injury log

[whipback]

That is a great dismount!