Is there any other woman who has done the Gaylord? Is anyone doing it recently? I have always wondered if it was possible for a woman to do that, and since it is, why don't more women do it. Bet it would get you a HUGE score!
As much as I love this routine I cant see how it got a 9.9 under the rules. A huge form break on her low to high bar transition, very short on her last cast to handstand, and a hop on the landing. I guess for once they rewarded the outrageous difficulty, composition, and amplitude of the rest of the routine over the errors though.
Not really. The Mo Salto is an F & G element (sorry, I don't know for sure), but the other elements are mostly of lower difficulty than Kexin's combined elements.
But you can barely compare these 2 routines since they are based on a totally different code.^^
I had heard back in 1993 that she had successfully performed the gaylord, and I was so looking forward to see this routine when I watched the live telecast of this 94' Worlds.
I wish she could have done an uprise from her release, but she'd have to switch her grip pretty quick.
I just love this routine, though, she makes everything look so beautiful. She's probably one of the only chinese gymnasts who can do her transition from low to high bar without struggling on her kip - cast to handstand.
wow.... its amazing to see her nailing her handstands before the scoring code really rewarded that as much as it does now. This would still almost be a competitive routine it seems....
No problem. She struggled a little to get from the low bar to the high bar and you are probably right that it was a small mistake. I saw that you are french. Where in france do you live?
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That routine was amazing. If it wasnt for the horrible form on that last transition to the high bar and not stuck landing I would have given it a 10. It is sad that she made this routine look so easy and did it so many times its exceptionalness becomes diminished in the minds of judges and she was really undermarked on this event in 95-96.
lol nope. she messed up in her routine in the compulsories and didn't even makethe finals. svetlana khorkina won the event and her fellow teammate bi wenjing and fellow american amy chow tied for second and dominique dawes got 4th!
In 1996 Kui Yuan Yuan also messed on in compulsories on beam. One of the greatest beamers ever. It was so sad for me watching the China pixies implode. :(
Yeah Bi, Kui, Mo, Liu all missed beam finals with a fall in one of their team routines. Liu and Mo missed bar finals by each messing up in compulsories.
It depends if she would have stuck her landing on her not. She didnt stick her landing on bars in either team finals or the AA finals and would have had to in order to have any chance to beat Khorkina in finals, probably to even medal.
Yeah, search for Bi Wenjing at the 1996 Olympics uneven bars finals. Her routine was spectacular too, and she took the Silver. There should also be a video here somewhere of Meng Fei competing it the 1995 Visa Challenge.
I have to say that she's hands-down the best bar worker to never have medalled(sp?) at the World or Olympic level. More of that typical Chinese choke. It's so freaking FRUSTRATING.
LOL, yeah, it sounds nasty. In general, the Chinese women never pull it all together in the AA or EF at Worlds and Olympics. They are always the favorites on BB and UB, but then they make silly mistakes that cost them gold medals (perfect example is the 2007 Worlds beam final, where Li Shanshan fell off doing a turn and lost the gold medal). That's what I mean by "choke": freezing up and not executing the way you CAN.
Sure... the Chinese are innovators and take "execution" to a whole new level in the sport. And, of all the teams that compete internationally, people are ALWAYS hoping the Chinese women will pull it together. In contrast, look at the success of the Chinese men's team. They're totally dominating the sport right now and have for some time. For some reason, the women can't seem to put it together consistently. Such a shame.
I think it IS a choke because she didn't perform the best of her ability. That to me is a choke. The Chinese women have superior technique on beam and bars, but they rarely show that in EF. Maybe endurance is the issue for them, since EF come at the end of any meet...?
Her inverted giants are so beautiful... so simple but with such flare!
uncchristine99 4 hours ago
Is there any other woman who has done the Gaylord? Is anyone doing it recently? I have always wondered if it was possible for a woman to do that, and since it is, why don't more women do it. Bet it would get you a HUGE score!
cj222100 1 week ago
I love the transition to high bar at 0:31 despite the form break. I wish it was seen more in gymnastics now.
Parparim61 1 month ago
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As much as I love this routine I cant see how it got a 9.9 under the rules. A huge form break on her low to high bar transition, very short on her last cast to handstand, and a hop on the landing. I guess for once they rewarded the outrageous difficulty, composition, and amplitude of the rest of the routine over the errors though.
lambielkwanfan 3 months ago
wowww
viveforlove 3 months ago
The best AA gymnast from China!
CoriAMalone 4 months ago
d score?
LCAmarkymark 4 months ago
More difficult that Kexin's routine. :) i think
DakotaJane1994 7 months ago
@DakotaJane1994
Not really. The Mo Salto is an F & G element (sorry, I don't know for sure), but the other elements are mostly of lower difficulty than Kexin's combined elements.
But you can barely compare these 2 routines since they are based on a totally different code.^^
KarpfenKarpfen 2 months ago
@KarpfenKarpfen
I meant F or G element xD
KarpfenKarpfen 2 months ago
@KarpfenKarpfen Mo's Move is a G element...and yeah you can't compare
LCAmarkymark 2 months ago
@LCAmarkymark
thank you, I wasn't quite sure :)
KarpfenKarpfen 2 months ago
The Chinese are AMAZING on bars!
GymnasticsFan1144 7 months ago
Not many have ever swung the bars better than Mo Huilan.
bernardmvella 9 months ago
That routine was going so well until her low to high bar transition =(
gymnasticsloverxoxo 1 year ago
her tkatchev was huge.
IseCastles 1 year ago 3
I had heard back in 1993 that she had successfully performed the gaylord, and I was so looking forward to see this routine when I watched the live telecast of this 94' Worlds.
CHOWCWT 1 year ago
soo good to see a chinese gymnast without dead hang...gorgeous routine!
horsejumpergurl107 1 year ago
what happened to the chinese situps of the current bars stars? y arent they like this anymore?
TheHorseyGymnast 2 years ago
Wow that bitch was evil in a good way...
omegalavender 2 years ago
There was a huge leg separation on her 2nd LBHB transition...but I guess it wasn't that big a deal...
jamesbug2002 2 years ago
The transition is supposed to be straddled. But they missed a lot of mistakes at that time. Like her bent knees.
macassar88 2 years ago 2
She was 4'6 during this competition... You try it!
icarrus4u 2 years ago
It is easier to do that transition at her height. You don't have to straddle as much.
macassar88 2 years ago
@jamesbug2002 no she got a deduction but there was meant to be a stradel in between tht but she almost missed the bar so she had to bend her legs
luv4cookie1 2 years ago
It is a straddled element--her legs are supposed to be separated. The bent knee is certainly a problem though.
Yurchenko 2 years ago
I wish she could have done an uprise from her release, but she'd have to switch her grip pretty quick.
I just love this routine, though, she makes everything look so beautiful. She's probably one of the only chinese gymnasts who can do her transition from low to high bar without struggling on her kip - cast to handstand.
GymnasticsAddict 2 years ago
I agree! Most of them hang dead from LB to HB..she could teach them a thing or two on how to do that..
jamesbug2002 2 years ago 7
Kick ass! I remember watching this live. I wanted to watch it again and again..but that was long before TiVo!
sooka39 2 years ago
I don't like her release. I hate that she switches her hands or whatever she does when she catches the bar.
alexzjay 2 years ago
you're weird. that release is freakin sweet and she has to switch her hand direction cuz she catches it in inverts.
whitneyflipgirl 2 years ago 2
But why does she catch it invert? I think it's so ugly. I love this release when men do it on the HB.
alexzjay 2 years ago
after the Mo salto, it is IMPOSSIBLE to catch the bar directly.
They have to catch it invert.
yueshili 2 years ago 3
how does she do all that without any grips
?
memyselfandialwayz 2 years ago
Some gymnasts do bars without grips but it's getting rarer now.
AndromedaAiken 2 years ago
Mo is still my favorite Chinese gymnast of all time!!
FreeFallin1976 3 years ago 3
wow.... its amazing to see her nailing her handstands before the scoring code really rewarded that as much as it does now. This would still almost be a competitive routine it seems....
evoandy 3 years ago 3
woooow please teach all the girls on the chinese national team how to swing like that!
best transitions I've ever seen by a chinese gymnast
alexgym09 3 years ago
Her twin little sister actually did better than her, but Mo Huifang never got a chance to compete internationally, due her injury.
yueshili 2 years ago 2
She's definitely one of the best bar workers in gymnastics history.
GalitMirav 3 years ago
Does anyone know the score she got here?
samabercrombie 3 years ago
i believe this went 9.95 which was the top AA score on the event.
htownhomie06 3 years ago
9.95 ?
with the big mistake ?
pampl3m0usse 2 years ago
what big mistake are you talking about? the only deduction would be the step on the landing.
mrsTorrard88 2 years ago
Sorry I didn't see well... I thought that there was a big mistake at 0:30 but it's a small mistake ^^
pampl3m0usse 2 years ago
No problem. She struggled a little to get from the low bar to the high bar and you are probably right that it was a small mistake. I saw that you are french. Where in france do you live?
mrsTorrard88 2 years ago
I loved Mo Huilan, her bar routines didn't have the near dead hangs that you see in a lot of the Chinese gymnasts' routines today.
andreak1013 3 years ago 3
She just floats...amazing!
QueenieQue 3 years ago
how old is she? or was she.. then?
rebchin123 3 years ago
mo was born in 1980 7.11
sleepingcat747 3 years ago
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I'm guessing about 8 here, which would make her about 10 in Atlanta. Look at my channel for a funny idea about the Chinese girls real ages in 96.
mka800 3 years ago
thats amazing... haha i looked at ur channel. NWICE!
rebchin123 3 years ago
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Thank you. My next top ten on my channel will be top 10 things Steve Nunno did to help Shannon at the 92 Olympics. Includes: Explained to her that the city is not pronounced "Barcelonie." And I still say those Chinese girls are not all as old as China said.
mka800 3 years ago
AAAAAAAAAH o.o
LaGinnasta 3 years ago
unbelievable!
bushilingxiu 3 years ago
that was fantastic!!!
wkelucky 3 years ago
Her perfect worldwide debut...!!!
U38066 3 years ago
aahhhhh!!!!!! WHAT THE HELL!! O M GGGGGG!!!
Stella1love 3 years ago
That routine was amazing. If it wasnt for the horrible form on that last transition to the high bar and not stuck landing I would have given it a 10. It is sad that she made this routine look so easy and did it so many times its exceptionalness becomes diminished in the minds of judges and she was really undermarked on this event in 95-96.
russianskatingfan 3 years ago 2
One of the greats. Thank you for posting this! :)
audie83 3 years ago
best of the best routines in history!
brookenicole222 3 years ago 15
did she do the gaylord out of front giants or L grip or eagle???? hard to tell
gymnasticsforever95 4 years ago
front giant in reverse grip. Bi Wenjing and Meng Fei did Mo salto in L grip.
saldekcn 3 years ago
sombody tell me please that she won bars in 96........?
eMthegymnast 3 years ago
lol nope. she messed up in her routine in the compulsories and didn't even makethe finals. svetlana khorkina won the event and her fellow teammate bi wenjing and fellow american amy chow tied for second and dominique dawes got 4th!
gymnasticsforever95 3 years ago
on bars dominique?!?! whoa.
eMthegymnast 3 years ago
yup, she scored a 9.800
gymnasticsforever95 3 years ago
no ,she scored a 9.900
sleepingcat747 3 years ago
im talking about dominiauqes dawes 1996 event final bars, the score was 9.800 for her bar routine in that final
gymnasticsforever95 3 years ago
In 1996 Kui Yuan Yuan also messed on in compulsories on beam. One of the greatest beamers ever. It was so sad for me watching the China pixies implode. :(
audie83 3 years ago
Yeah Bi, Kui, Mo, Liu all missed beam finals with a fall in one of their team routines. Liu and Mo missed bar finals by each messing up in compulsories.
muffycat26 3 years ago
legendary routine. EVERYONE remembers that release
HoneyGotMeHooked 4 years ago 2
I love how she hits perfect handstands. She's gorgeous on bars :]
smilystar4ever 4 years ago 2
amazing routine. It sucked that she didn't qauliy for '96. She would have taken the silver and Amy Chow would have settled for bronze.
HoneyGotMeHooked 4 years ago
screw that she would have won the GOLD and the mean giant Sveta would have settled for silver!
Chuckie1028 4 years ago
It depends if she would have stuck her landing on her not. She didnt stick her landing on bars in either team finals or the AA finals and would have had to in order to have any chance to beat Khorkina in finals, probably to even medal.
lambielkwanfan 4 years ago
I think she is the only female gymnast to have done that skill
IOPNi 4 years ago
She was the first, but her team-mates Meng Fei and Bi Wenjing also performed it later.
fruityliciousrhubarb 4 years ago
her teammates did that too? Wow, the chinese are so good on the uneven bars!
IOPNi 4 years ago
Yeah, search for Bi Wenjing at the 1996 Olympics uneven bars finals. Her routine was spectacular too, and she took the Silver. There should also be a video here somewhere of Meng Fei competing it the 1995 Visa Challenge.
fruityliciousrhubarb 4 years ago
AWESOME!!! i'm learning inverts!!! they look so cool!
crazy4gymnastics4224 4 years ago
amazing -- even the judge applauded the routine at the end!!!
idioteckida 4 years ago
btw, she had the best front giant EVER. It's perfect.
mrparke007 4 years ago
Wow! i wonder what would be the jury A score on this routine would be under the new system. I bet this routine can still medal in UB finals today.
1crazysushifreak 4 years ago
Yeah, especially with the amplitude of those skills. Her first transition element is HIGHER than the high bar! Insane.
mrparke007 4 years ago
I have to say that she's hands-down the best bar worker to never have medalled(sp?) at the World or Olympic level. More of that typical Chinese choke. It's so freaking FRUSTRATING.
mrparke007 5 years ago
Actually, Mo did medal on Uneven Bars at the 1995 Worlds... she's just never won a Gold Medal on the event at the World or Olympic level.
greyserf 4 years ago
She actually won silver at the 95 Worlds on the bars.
She did a great routine but didnt stick her landing.
muffycat26 4 years ago
Although she may have medaled in '95 you're right about the Chinese choke.
rfillangi 4 years ago
whats a chinese choke?
Swankdor 4 years ago
LOL, yeah, it sounds nasty. In general, the Chinese women never pull it all together in the AA or EF at Worlds and Olympics. They are always the favorites on BB and UB, but then they make silly mistakes that cost them gold medals (perfect example is the 2007 Worlds beam final, where Li Shanshan fell off doing a turn and lost the gold medal). That's what I mean by "choke": freezing up and not executing the way you CAN.
mrparke007 4 years ago
alright thanks for the information. They are really inconsistent although they really do have what it takes to win the gold medals.
Swankdor 4 years ago
Sure... the Chinese are innovators and take "execution" to a whole new level in the sport. And, of all the teams that compete internationally, people are ALWAYS hoping the Chinese women will pull it together. In contrast, look at the success of the Chinese men's team. They're totally dominating the sport right now and have for some time. For some reason, the women can't seem to put it together consistently. Such a shame.
mrparke007 4 years ago
but due to the new code, li shanshan still got the silver medal because her routine was so diffucult so you cant consider it a choke
gymnasticsforever95 4 years ago
I think it IS a choke because she didn't perform the best of her ability. That to me is a choke. The Chinese women have superior technique on beam and bars, but they rarely show that in EF. Maybe endurance is the issue for them, since EF come at the end of any meet...?
mrparke007 4 years ago 3
oh yeah thats a good point
gymnasticsforever95 4 years ago
Considering that without the fall, she would have gotten at least a 16.7, it is a choke.
macassar88 2 years ago 2
Basically, I would prank call them at 1:00 am with soundbroad of Jack Nicholson in the day when they would have the final game.
When Jack Nicholson yelled in the phone "You can't handle the truth!!!!", they all got scared.
That's why they couldn't do well in the game few hours later.
Hartmann1984 3 years ago
wow shes amazing
charli72 5 years ago