Shayla Worley - Balance Beam - 2008 Olympic Trials - Day 2

[melissah014]

Love this so much, reminds me of Nadia C. back in the day

[happyari13]

i wish would've made the olympic team besides chellsie or bridget

[PhenixJoe]

I hate Illusion Turns on the beam. They are followed by a balance check 99% of the time.

[JessicaElfLove]

The score??

[blackspiderinluv1010]

Duude, that Odonis at 1:08 absolutely took my breath away!

[shannonigan9]

She's taken Onodis and made them her own! amazing with the arabesque!

[makT890]

@R34IH0pe, it's technically called a Worley, because she made the skill up. But I could see why you would call it an onodi to an arabesque.

[TsubasaDreams]

@makT890 A Worley is an Onodi to two feet, she does it at 0:42.

[antm535696]

What is the name of the skill that she does at 0:19 ??????

[artyowen92]

@antm535696 americans tend to refer to it as a liukin as she made the manouver famous on beam, although shayla does a variation on it in this... but its a front handspring step out to arabesque :)

[russiaboy58]

@artyowen92 chocolatefan is correct the skill is an Onodi into an arabesque - similar to a handspring, but artyowen forgot to mention the flip flop half turn into the walkout - only mention this b/c it's much more difficult than just a front handspring step out - front handspring step out was used in the 1992 compulsory routine - I doubt it is of much value in the code of points...

[chocolatefan1711]

@antm535696 I guess it's an Onodi to arabesque...

[antm535696]

@chocolatefan1711 thanks! :)

[nsyncchick8877]

She never did a full turn. The illusion shouldn't count. A full turn has always been a required skill.

[tmc8802]

@nsyncchick8877 An Illusion IS a full turn.

[omegalavender]

...she was hitting some of those skills pretty well, i really like her when she wakes up on the great side of the bed on a competition day...

[showjumperluvr4]

i really wish she didnt break her leg, i wish she went to the Olympics!! is she going in 2012??? :)

[R34lH0pe]

@showjumperluvr4 No. She does College gymnastics now she goes to the University of Georgia 

[21najafast]

I really like her but her Rulfova looks more like a Kochetkova gone wrong:( but otherwise nice work. And her knees are locked together on the dismount. Yay.

[aylakellfan]

its good that she got rid of the arabian salto...she never landed that, she always fell off.

[gymnastx124]

this is great but shes soo wobbly

[jimnastix123]

why dont they have her bars on this day anywere??

[bbhouk1]

@jimnastix123 she fell on bars that day... that might be why

[MrGemini1983]

Why was she not on the Olympic team in 2008?

[481095ymg2]

@MrGemini1983 she broke her leg.

[stevenh622]

@MrGemini1983 Because she was injured and forced to retire.

[tmwalkerm]

@stevenh622 she's still competing in college, but from this type of competition she's done. Too bad, they really could have used her.

[gymnastgirl4444]

wow amazing routine

[MisanthropistPro]

Wow. connecting an onodi to an arabesque would be realllly hard.

[gemuetlichkeit1982]

Love Shalya. She is so fluid.

[lafo93]

i swear she changes the different jumps everytime, even between days?! haha

[481095ymg2]

i loved this routine!!!!!! a lot better than the one that she did on night one. her routine changed so much in 08!!!!!! she took out her arabian (which i think was a good idea, because she had just added it towards the end of 07 and it was really inconsistent for her) and re-added her switch ring leap. her jump series changed too.