Alina Kabaeva Hoop 1997

[TheRhythmicdreams]

Wow I luv Kabaeva and I love this routine just wondering wat is the music called?

[TraceyLouise2260]

very well disciplined

[outthehead]

she used to have great leaps at that age! very nice!

[bregiette]

how old she is?

[VivaFabriFibra2000]

unica con la kanaeva

[JuileYoshie]

muuuito lindaaa x)

I loved this one. That's why she is the beest *-*

[seriex5]

back then she was unbelievable!!! <3

[jadesmith9]

wowww

[LovelyMe93]

She just put on some weight. But that does not make her fat. Alina had a normal weight. SHE NEVER BECAME FAT!

[angelcirene]

lols waaa go alina shocking bones goodluck but you are retired im the number 1 fun of her tnx

[wasupcats]

wow!

[xToyahBabeGymnastx]

wow ive never seen her song young! she was still good wen she was little! x

[xToyahBabeGymnastx]

i mean *so young not song :D

[paulinhatrinta]

it is sooo impressive how this tiny girl manages her body at this age.

she's definitely my favorite gymnast ever...

pity what happened in 2000.. imo that mistake on hoop routine in finals destroyed her...

Thanks for posting this fantastic video,

it really does justice to the real amazing Kabaeva!!

[contortionist104]

@guiy16

yes i'm sorry, countingmistake (bad at math)

[FlexiAcrobat]

The way she moves at the very start of the routine is just so adorable. She shows such great passion for RG when she dances. Amazing.

[pointeskatecybunny]

how old is she here?

[contortionist104]

@pointeskatecybunny

she's born in 1983 so Alina should be 17 back then

[Emmasosha]

She is the only one that when she smiled she had true joy! She is perfect.

[slkindler]

Excellent routine!! She really was an amazing gymnast!!

[carlathesweetcandyy]

ha de pekee esta niña sigue siendo una pasadaaa

[FoffyGym1998]

i love young kabaeva...goooood exercise

[yoysoloyo96]

m en canta! minuto 1:27...¿?

[stakogkurca]

Even though she was a bit bigger than other girls she was the one who made history and pushed the sport to its limit! Therefore she is the perfect gymast! 20 years ago my ant had to quit the sport because she was growing to big - she was too tall they said at 178cm and only 47kg!? And she was a really talented girl. I'm glad that now days things have changed

[dancerlaurac]

Wow :O

[biohazzarddiva]

So she packed it on, big deal. We all put on a few pounds as we get older. Her whole life was RG. I think she earned the right to live a little just like Michael Phelps earned the right to party on when his whole life is eating sleeping and swimming.

[maryleinchen990]

are you crazy???she's not fat now, she's normal. and that's the way it should be. i think it's not okay measuring little girls all the times and forbidding them to eat what a noral person is eating....

[carles69p]

For a street girl(normal girl) she wasn't bad she was perfect.

But for do rhthymiv gymnastic, she was a little bit fat.

And in 2002 she was very fat.

In the European Championships in Mosxow, she has a percfect gymnast body

[Torturedrggymnast]

@carles69p I'm sorry but what makes her 'very fat' in 2002? I personally hate the way that rhythmic gymnasts have to be very very skinny otherwise people like you say they are fat. Who says normal weighted people can't do rg?

[carles69p]

@Torturedrggymnast In 2002, in Berlin, she was fatter than in all her active years ;)

I dind't say anything about the people can't do gymnastics ;)

[Torturedrggymnast]

@carles69p Sorry that was just me on a rant there :)

[Yuurishio]

Oh my gaaaad? Was she just 14,ooo so FANTASTIC GOOOOOOD ! FREAKY GOOD !! O.O

[Yuurishio]

Alina was amazing to be so young! She did work very hard to do this! Alina Kabaeva it's my idol <33 LUUV ALINA KABAEVA <3333!!!!!

[Peaceplatform]

Wow - I am not a Kabaeva fan in any sense of the word, but she really was unreal as a junior. The way she sails through those leaps is insane.

However, I'd say she stopped being so impressive after 00. If you watch routines from 01 (even though the COP had basically been tailored for her), she's unstable, weak in many of her balances, and apparatus handling is often sloppy.

[fatalbeauty]

Excactly!

[thelaurenator3008]

@Peaceplatform I agree. Its strange how she delivered an AMAZING, almost flawless performance with rope routine in 1999..and then went on the fail other in a later time :(

[simplyviv]

Personally, I think Kabaeva was OUT OF THIS WORLD from 1995 - 2002, I would even say she was indisputable the queen of RG...not even the freakishly amazing Russian Juniors today can be compared to Kabaeva in her younger days....Pity she dragged on from 2003 - 2008,esp in 2007 - 2008...

[outthehead]

you are so right!!!!!!!!!

[premiumdoggy]

oh yeah I agree !!!

[simplyviv]

What happened to her in later years? She seemed to be on the decline from 2003 - 2007. This video was AMAZING! She was at the peak!

[biohazzarddiva]

She grew up. She was an adorable little girl and is now a gorgeous woman. In a sport that favors young skinny girls, it is hard to compete when you are in your twenties and your body is filling out. Also, she was so famous in her later years that she probably wasn't as hungry as she was when she was younger and not famous. I'm sure that she will never fade into obscurity.

[Swankdor]

Just so you know, she is not exactly gorgeous coz she is pretty fat now.

[biohazzarddiva]

Yeah, I saw a recent video of her on a Russian TV show and I couldn't believe it was her. She really packed it on. RG was her life since she was 4. She was in training every waking moment and had every calorie monitored and every ounce of weight scrutinized. Now that she is retired, she can live it up. I'm sure partying with Putin didn't help much either. I guess aging and weight gain are as certain as death and taxes.

[Usober]

Great routine~! The music's a bit scary though :0

[diaamd]

Camille Martins a Canadian rhythmic gymnast(retired) used this song in her ribbon routine in OG 1996.

-Hooby-

[Claudiss89]

And do you know the name of this song??

[diaamd]

Paradisio or Canton Express or I dream of Santiago...I can't be so sure but it's one of these songs...sorry! :/ But this song is by Gypsy.

-Hooby-

[lulisband]

lulisband the name is Gypsy - Paradisio

[Oluni4]

Oona sie połamie

[Claudiss89]

haha i to mówi osoba interesująca sie Break Dancem ?:D

Pozdrawiam

[LettuzioMcBoot5]

She is so adorable here! So sleek and light, she moves with such ease! And looks so much younger than 14! If only she moved like this 10 years later *sigh* x

[Piukkulintu]

The music is awesome and her style had more clarity in 97

[MinnieLittleStar]

wow!! ^_^