Anna Pavlova - FX (EF Russian Championship 2008)

[meadowlane37]

beautiful and elegant.

[GymnasticsFan1144]

I marvel over her dance, elegance, & just her overall performance!

[mrflipz]

If you kind of think about it. The russian coaches are being kind of dumb.

1.She has an amazing full in and should have replaced something in the 2 or 3rd pass.

2.That tour jete if giving her deductions and is being downgraded at competitions.

3. She could replace the tour jete with the leap she did at the end.

4.She also has comepeted a good triple turn tha she could add.

If you do everything like that she gets an extra tenth in her A score and occur less deductions.

[yankees70285]

The coaches aren't dumb. I don't think she can do a full in at the middle or end of her routine. She's tried it before and not made it.

[mrflipz]

shes tried it at the end. but that didnt work out. and i never said she should do it at the end smart one. I said as her seond pass. obviously if she can do a fucking whip triple. she can do a full in second line.

[yankees70285]

Maybe she does the whip triple second because she can't get it around when it's 3rd or 4th. Both the full in and triple are Es but she gets bonus for the whip triple so that's the better choice if she can only do one.

[sqekcx]

her triple turn is really inconsistent. I think a double turn in arabesque would be easier for her to learn. I'm not sure about doing the full in as well. she probably won't have enough energy to compete it as her third pass. I agree about the tour jete though.

[lisjak101]

What's the move at 1:15 called.

Is it her own?

[mrflipz]

Its just a roll.

[diznast]

does anyone know where to find this version of the music?

[piskoun]

it's Exodus from Maksim Mrvica.

[siljed30492]

Wow! Pause it at 1:09!! Just beautiful! I LOVE Anna<3

[Darkangel127]

They're called oversplits and no artistic gymnast does it better than Anya!

[nanquan491]

Wow how old is she already... 21/22? She's still in great form! What a cutie! :)

[mrflipz]

You guys are obviously confusing what looks to be like a not completed triple to what a beautiful triple is. Its what it looks like when you open and see the groun at a stright body angle. ive seen my twisting and i do it all the time. but i see my feet all the way around. well anyways im pretty sure this was b4 europeans right? cause anna wouldnt water dow her choreo with her tumbling? thats just wierd. :]

[Penguin888]

Nope, this is after Euros.

[gymnast08ia]

i dont know mrflipz. the triples she did in beijing looked a lot better (much more around) than this one

[AMA1235410]

I think the triple is just slightly short but only by a little. I have often wondered that if Anna omitted the triple and did the 2.5 to free walkover like she did before. Then there is less chance of her triple been degraded to a 2.5 and her losing critical A score.

Im still curious if Anna could do maybe the double layout from europeans, the full in her, 2.5 to front, double pike! with the leaps and jumps would not make a big difference to Annas a score

[wtfitsjoe1214]

oh mann. i liked the routine from the 2008 european's because i loved her double layout! still amazing routine great presentation.

[AdrianoRamos76]

Pretty.

[phgreis]

What a great routine!

I hope that she hits like that in Bejin!!!

Best wishes!

[audie83]

Anna Pavlova is my favorite since the last quad-she was robbed in Athens in the AA, beam and FX imo. Thanks ever so much for posting this!!

[uwoeric]

The triple full was one of the best I've seen from her. All the way around!

[lulingstone]

is true. she always bounces iside.

[NewNewNastiaFan101]

yeah, now if only she could fix her tour jete 1/2, this routine would be perfect

[hammfan4]

im sorry but the triple was not even close

[Darkangel127]

I'm sorry but you're obviously watching another video. The triple full was completed all the way round, she just took a step forward.

[hammfan4]

watch where her left foot is when she lands; pause the video when she lands

[Darkangel127]

I did and I maintain my statement: it was a triple all the way as both her feet are pointing forwards when she lands. And even if she had only completed 2&3/4 twists (which she didn't), there's a huge difference between "almost making it" and "being not even close".

[NewNewNastiaFan101]

it wasn't totally complete, but it was enough to get credit

[hammfan4]

the exact moment she hits the ground, her body is facing the camera

[NewNewNastiaFan101]

the judges don't seem to mind, she's been getting it all year

even at the world cup in Doha

even though those judges were assholes, but they devalued Jiang's triple and not hers

[hammfan4]

that's strange. the doha one was even further away from being completed. im sorry but i want good judging in beijing

[NewNewNastiaFan101]

well, like I said, the judges in Doha were morons

they gave He Kexin 7.5 A Score for 7.4 bar routine and Pavlova 6.0 for a 5.9 floor routine

they devalued JYY's triple full, yet gave Deng Linlin her 2-1/2 which was even more incomplete than either Pavlova or Jiang

[NewNewNastiaFan101]

let it be known that JYY still won floor there even with the crappy judging

[Darkangel127]

I'm pretty sure that if she doesn't complete it in Beijing, she of all people will certainly not get credit for it. Anna's not known for being overscored...but sometimes I wish she were!

[bettycoltrane85]

ITA. I still think this is better than anyone else's presentation but when I saw this my heart sank a little bit. I would give a vital organ to see a maxed out routine in Beijing, executed to her capacity, which is perfect. She makes things look ridiculously easy when she does them.

[MrJST94]

@bettycoltrane85

i guess you loved Anna's AA in beijing ;)

[AMA1235410]

do you think Anna will revert back to the double straight? and if she does do you think she will be able to add both the double straight and the full in into her exercise

[Darkangel127]

I hope so! I liked the arrangement she had at Euros; not only has she watered down the tumbling, but the choreography too! She's still amazing, all the same and has the most gorgeous switch ring in the world!

[hammfan4]

i think on the switch ring, her back leg is freakin incredible but her front leg doesn't look horizontal; im sorry but what is up with that tour jete full. that was crap

[Darkangel127]

True, but she's still way over 180°! The tour jeté was OK, just not high enough.