Dominique Dawes - 1996 Olympics Team Optionals - Uneven Bars

[totallygothboy]

The magnificent 7 are truly amazing gymnasts.... but their bar routines are sooo blah compared to the Chinese gymnast.

[PoorPublicSchoolKid]

she was the only american on bars who didn't stick that day

[Mikizzle15]

@PoorPublicSchoolKid She's the only one to have all 8 of her scores count towards the gold though.

[Mikizzle15]

@PoorPublicSchoolKid She's the only one to have all 8 of her scores count towards the gold though.

[nchllltmr]

im actually surprised she kept that 1 1/2 in her routine for as long as she did. it wasnt very consistant. but as long as you hit it here i guess, where it counts, doesnt really matter, haha

[maxy7792]

she is a really bad i bars, no pointed toes and no good form.. and if you ppl start yelling at me because of what i a m saying i am clearing this up that I CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT wayyy better

[12bmills]

She had great form and pointed toes. You're just jelaous that she was on the gold medal winning team.

[maxy7792]

yeah ok i am jealous sure............ she sucked and didnt derserve to be on the gold medal winning team so shut up please

[12bmills]

Oh really? She did because she was good enough to make the Olympic team three times in a row.

[maxy7792]

yeah, but guess what, i am going to the olympic trials, in the next summer olympics, i can do a double pike at 11, and now i can do a full twisting double back.. so shut up pleaseee

[12bmills]

Cool. But difficulty is way higher than that now.

[maxy7792]

i am learning a few more skills before the big event i am so scared

[kiolkool]

ok well lets see... did you make the team??? NOPE! and dominique could do full twisting double backs of BEAM at age 10 soo wow ur cool.

[kiolkool]

then you know nothing about gymnastics.

[MsFannyAdams]

Remind me not to watch you ... I do hate loud mouth people that crow above others. Some need to learn humility - that'd be you. :)

[casalazar10]

seriously? wow

[Mikizzle15]

The thing is, Dominique does have good form, the problem is the fact that she's bow-legged. That's always been the biggest issue with her form. She can't put her legs together because of how bowed the legs are. That's why she was all about powerful tumbling, because it was hardly noticeable.

[TwisterFlipp95]

@Mikizzle15

you wanna se bow-legged? AKA rickets? check out rebecca bross.

[nchllltmr]

@TwisterFlipp95 i think dominque is more bow-legged than rebecca. rebecca just sickles her feet, which is so annoying when shes on bars.

[TwisterFlipp95]

@nchllltmr

Actually, I think Rebecca positions her feet like that because if you notice in her floor routine when she stands with her legs together, her feet don't touch. I must say I disagree, Rebeccas legs are much more ricketed then Dominiques. Interesting though, although bow legged --- Dominique and Rebecca are both great bar workers!

[dmann3g]

@nchllltmr - Dawes is bow legged, Bross is knock kneed..exact opposites becus in Dawes' case, the knees cant touch..in Bross' the ankles cant.

[danirulez95]

Wow. She can really swing bars.

[dcumr]

Is she the best at performing the hindorf from a clear hip or a what?

[mzmissa]

The best I've seen so far..

[TuesdayPillow]

The only way to make it a Hindorff is to do it from a clear hip entry.

[dcumr]

Should have renamed it the dawes. I hvent seen the move performed by anyone at any point in Gymnastics ever.

[gymnastics94]

well chellsie memmel, tasha schwikert, darling hill, kassi price, melanie sinclaire, ashley miles, & shayla worley did it so...

[TuesdayPillow]

As did Silvia Hindorff, the gymnast after which it is named.