Sasha Cohen vs Anna Bessonova

[IcySasha]

definitely sasha cohen!

[coolicesk8r]

sasha cohen is the best <3

[Darkina85]

you cannot compare an ice skater to a gymnast!

[Gymnastina]

Anna Bessonova !!!!!!!!1

[babycomewithme]

anna bessonova!!

[MikagamiMenou]

1:59 - 2:01

[mondieuzuzu90]

Estamos idiotas o que?comparar a dos deportistas en deportes diferentes es una burrada.Comparamos a Nadal y a Fernando Alonso...

[marakisweety]

well...i prefer anna bessonova

[XxSkatingFan4LifexXD]

There's no point in saying that Anna is better because of her flexibility because holding that same brilliant spiral on ice is many times harder.

Now don't get me wrong I'm not saying that FS is harder because they are both HARD. They both need strength, but in figure skating your not required to have as much flexibility. You have a ton of other things to worry about such as jumps (the judges have become so strict FS doesn't have the same artistry it once had) edges, and spins. It's not easy.

[AietiKid]

hahahaha, Sasha Cohen is the winner? hahahahaha no anna bessonova do everything better then she.

[MagLar04]

Sasha Cohen Rocks !!! Sasha is the best !!!!!! Sasha You can do it !!! Sasha is the winner !!!!

[daritox2]

creo que deverias aver puesto el ultimo trompo que iso sasha cohen que fue inspresionante y maravilloso y otra cosa encuentro que son dos categorias osea no categorias dos diciplinas muy diferente pero la verdad las dos tienen los suyo pero au haci me quedo con sasha cohen el deporte que practica es mucho mas dificil que el que practica anna :)

[AietiKid]

flexibility: ANNA

Speed: ANNA

Split leaps: ANNA

Jumps: ANNA

Artistic: ANNA

Leotards: ANNA

Techinique: ANNA

[fadstar14]

Passion: SASHA

Emotion: SASHA

Determination: SASHA

Originality: SASHA

Strength: SASHA

Facial Expressions: SASHA

Speed: SASHA

Artistry: SASHA

Jumps: SASHA

[illidanwashere772]

sacha baron cohen?

[seriex5]

flexibility: bessonova

Speed: cohen

Split leaps: bessonova

Jumps: cohen

Artistic: bessonova

Leotards: cohen

Techinique; ???????

[MikagamiMenou]

I agree with you on the leotards bit.

[xPoochiex0x]

fadstar14 is right though.

Just think that ice skaters have to train the same way to master flexibility and balance. Then throw all of that on ice and it takes 10x more years to learn the skill all over again with a new kind of balance

[Emobunny216]

no way... hav u seen these training camps...if u tlk about beauty... anna wins 2 me... hands down...srry nien

[bookaddict27]

These are two completely different sports so it's foolish to compare them.

[pitousa13]

Ahhh...my two favorite people in the world!

[frededrengen11]

Anna Bessonova!!!!!!!!!

I LOVE ANNA BESSONOVA<3333333

[bbyiceyxxx]

They are both sooo good! i love both of them. They are both good in their sports

[fadstar14]

Sasha wins!!! Figure skating is so much harder, yes rhythmics requires more flexibility and pain, but those can be executed really quickly, figure skating takes 6 years to be able to learn "just" doubles....learning triples takes a little longer, but if you dont work hard enough, you wont land them...Anyway I love both sports, but if i had to choose, it would be figure skating, it takes more courage and strength....doesn't matter about flexibilty :)

[fadstar14]

Also, I think its mean that people are downvoting comments about Sasha being better...everyone has diff opinions.

[RGribbonqueen]

Both sports are very hard. RG just isnt flexibility, its strength, deddication, determination. Mentally, just to perservere takes courage and strength. It can take years to master elements and excecute them cleanly. I am a rhythmic gymnast, but i love both sports. They are both queens of their own sport <3

[fadstar14]

Hmmm...figure skating is on ice though..if you think about it, its kinda harder, but RG does require strength, flexibilty and determination, get all of those things and try to put them on ice..:)

[RGribbonqueen]

I agree. I also figure skate in my spare time, and the factor that it is on ice makes it harder. But at the end of the day both sports are beautifull and take lots of deddication and hard work :)

[fadstar14]

True that :P

[filipeaa320]

C'mon.... How can you TRY to compare these two sports. Both are really hard. And if you think Figure akating is just harder than RG, you're tottaly wrong. Both are hard and we can't even compare them both.

To me, RG and Bessonova win. Figure skating is always the same. No change, no variation.... Everyone does almost the same thing...

[XxSkatingFan4LifexXD]

Wow you know NOTHING about figure skating...lol

Figure skating always the same? No variation? No change? My friend if you don't know much about a sport don't bother commenting...

Some figure skaters have amazing jumps, some have great flexibility. Does it make you the better skater if you have jumps but no flexibility? No. Neither if you have the flexibility but bad edges on jumps. You must capture the crowd with what you have, and making the best of it. All skaters have different styles.

[filipeaa320]

You're totally right; I know NOTHING about it... But as I said:"TO ME...", that's my opinion... so, just relax. I'd rather watch Rg and you FS; As I know NOTHING about FS, you now NOTHING about RG....

[XxSkatingFan4LifexXD]

Not really. I watch both RG and FS, and enjoy them both. My family runs in generations filled with gymnasts, dancers, and figure skaters. Trust me I KNOW about RG I even practice it though I'm not incredibly flexible I at least do it. I know the rules to both sports and the dangers. I didn't attack you or anything so I think your the one who needs to chill out okay? :D

Have a nice day.

[XxSkatingFan4LifexXD]

Don't get me wrong I'm not trying to make you like figure skating I'm just saying that by you not knowing anything about the sport the comment was a little naive. I didn't desire to offend you in anyway.

Everyone should stop fighting over which sport is better. I mean it is possible to like BOTH. This rivalry created by the fans of these sports is ridiculous. I'm sure that if you like RG so much you should try watching FS. It's very common for FS fans to like RG since they are somewhat similar.

[jelpidios]

Bessonova Forever ♥

[littlechristina]

BESSONOVA WON!!!!!

[contortionist104]

Anya Bessonova forever!

[littledays4]

anna bessonova for ever and ever!!

is the best of the world!! =D

[IcyGymTink]

Sasha is my favourite skater and Anya is my favourite gimnast.. I can't make a choice..I love both of them..

[taofolk]

of course sasha!

[crasey10]

i don`t like sasha...

[Janneth1390]

too much! different! LOL

i love sasha

i love anna

no comparation!

[Rowlina]

My favourite Fugire Skater and my favourite RG dancer ^-^ I like them both :)

[DutchDiamondPrincess]

A great comparesing!

They both are so graceful

I love them both, can't choose b/c the sports are so different

[ZaikaakaiZ]

Mõlemad on superandekad ja neid alasid ei saagi võrrelda. Mulle meeldib rohkem Sasha, kuna tegelen ise iluuisutamisega ja teda vaadates panen mõned asjad kõrva taha. Anna on ka väga tubli. Superpaindlik. Tahaks ka nii andekas olla, nagu need kaks!

[pinkrg395]

Actually I change my mind from when I said that Anna is better. These two sports are so different they can not be compared at all! Both of them have done an amazing job, and on both sides it takes a lot of hours a day of hard work to do what they did.

[pinkrg395]

Anna is better.

[funnybunny303]

Rhythmics requires alot more work because many of us are not born flexible and becoming flexible is much harder then learning how to skate on ice. I agree skating is hard work and is a very difficult sport but I'm just saying rhythmics is still harder.

[guitargirl395]

completely agreed.

[courtneysara]

Majority of skaters are also not born flexible. Learning how to skate may be easier than becoming flexible but learning to execute triple-triple combinations and to complete quads on blades and use flexibility while skating is much more difficult than I think both of you understand. Rhythmics does not require more work, just more hand-eye coordination.

[xXxReflectingGod]

rhythmic gymnastics involves flexibility in with pirouettes, and often a throw and catch all in one, so its not all about hand eye coordination, its alot more than that too you know.

[courtneysara]

Yes I realize that, I simply stated that it didn't require more "work", but more hand-eye coordination.

[xXxReflectingGod]

they are both completely different sports.

no comparison

[Twirler247]

agreed

[anemone450038]

believe it or not we all are born flexible(it is medical proved) because all your articulations are made of cartilage and gymnasts strat this sport at a very early age and it is relative easy la become flexible, what is difficult is to maintain that. About figure skating you clearly don't know anything it's not just saketing on ice, after you learn that it takes 6 years just to learn to do doubles, learning triples takes a little longer+learning pirouette+balance all on a blade on ice

[anemone450038]

just to clarify, articulations are made of cartilage when we are very young and with the years they ossify. i am not saying that figure skating is harder. these sports are very different. if you are saying rg is much harder clearly you don't know much about figure skating, if you are saying skating is harder you don't know much about rg.

[darcyfromdarknesss]

both are more difficult but gymnastic ritmic isn't so easy like you think (i'm sorry for my english i'm not really good at it)

[anemone450038]

i never said that rg is easy, i know is hard, that is more then just fexibility......i've respond to someone that said that in rg is hard to obtain flexibility wich is wrong because they start this sport at a very early age when you are very flexible

[funnybunny303]

I like Anna Bessonvona more

[ValOtTiNa]

sn due sport talmenet diversi...comunque preferisco l'interpretazione di anna bessonova...!!

[jazzsquarez101]

nay Sasha.

[bbyiceyxxx]

there is no point of comparing them bcos there is nothing to compare..they do totaly different things..but nice vid though...they kinda luks da sme.

[herm712]

it's kinda dumb to compare a rhythmic gymnast to a figure skater, regardless of who they are. the elements are nothing alike...

[roleplaydudette1119]

1. What competition is Sasha in here?

2. I admit, gymnasts have so much more flexibility than many skaters, but Sasha is the closest thing to a gymnast - after all, she was one!

3. I vote both! I am a huge fan of Sasha & Anna Bessonova is ... stunning. I don't watch gymnastics often.

[carregina]

sasha cohen

[hydrolito]

Svetlana Boginskaya started out as a skater and switched to Gymnastics, and Surya Bonaly of France started as a Gymnast and switched to skating, so there is a similarity between the two.

[vivanoi4e]

sono bravissime tutte e 2!! moooolto braveee!!complimenti!!

[EmpressIllyria]

Okay, there is reasonable proof here... several Rhythmic Gymnasts actually HAVE done figure skating... I believe 2000 Olympic champion Yulia Barsukova did a season of "skating with the stars" or whatever in Russia, and Almudena Cid of Spain did something similar... youtube video of that shows that the more precise technique of a Rhythmic Gymnast translates to the ice. I do not know of any skaters who have attempted Rhythmic with the same level of competance.

[vanillabeanfrap7]

uhh sasha cohen sooooo wins!

[starpiano002]

You cant compare rhythmic gymnastics to ice skating...each sport requires different techniques that all have certain degrees of difficulty. comparing the two girls is impossible...so is comparing the two different sports. they are each unique. and both girls in their chosen sport excel at it. but saying that one sport is more difficult or graceful then the other is pointless. becuz neither are the same.

[Star007]

I'm def a fan of both. Amazing artistry.

[FaerieDevilish]

Why not just admit, everyone, that skating and rhythmics are equally hard? There's no way on earth that gymnasts could do triple salchows or that ice skaters could do series of seven oversplits like Bessonova's.

[loraleypike]

in my opinion, ice skating is gymnastics on ice.

but if the girls were to swap places and compete neither would probaly do very well cause there trained to do what their been doing pretty much all their life.

although i dont think sasha would have to much trouble learning to be just that bit more flexible were as anna bessonova has to learn to do all her spins and fansy stuff on a thin balde on a slippery surface.

[sadboyedison]

lolz you cant compare two different sports that has nothing in common!!!!!

[russianskaterdiva]

I've smacked into the boards and hit myself in the head with clubs enough times to know that they are both difficult sports. They both require intense mental and physical preparation...and they both leave you wondering sometimes why you even began them in the first place... But my point is that they both are hard sports to pursue...

[EmpressIllyria]

Figureskating is different, but Rhythmic Gymnastics is far more difficult. In rhythmic it is all about precise body line, perfect balance, the ability to center a spin (without gliding over a slippery surface), AND Hand to eye coordination... in skating its just gliding over the ice with proper technique. Now true thats not easy by any means, but the body mastery required of Rhythmic is far superior in difficulty.

[flyingspiral15]

Actually no it's not. It's so easy to be flexible. I taught myself how to do the splits in a day. And I know in rhythmic ppl are really flexible&stuff, but skating is effin hard. Try gliding in a split position on one leg on a thin blade on ice in the cold infront of thousands of people. Try spinning in the air 3 times and landing on one foot on a perfect edge with tight and fast revolutions. Skating is far more difficult, there are moves that could kill you

[EmpressIllyria]

I didnt say skating was easy, just that it doesnt demand as much physical preparation from the athlete to do well. And Rhythmic can be dangerous, anyone who has ever handled clubs will understand, becuase its very easy to get a head injury that way. I had a stroke from a head trauma from it four years ago!

[vanillabeanfrap7]

hun skating is as dangerous as rythmic dancing, have u ever gotten hit with a blade in ur head?

[bogletive]

I don't think you could say being flexible is easy at all. Well done on the splits, but come back to me tomorrow after you've managed to touch your head to your butt in one day.

[flyingspiral15]

Oh ya well tough luck bud cuz i can already do that. I can do that NOT JUST on a padded mat, but in an arena full of ice on a thin steel blade where theres no padding. It's called a Sasha curl. Obviously named after the amazing Sasha Cohen.

:D

Come back to me when you're not so prejudice. just because w'ere not all gymnasts doesnt mean we can't do such flexible things.

[bogletive]

I'm not saying that only gymnasts are flexible or that gym is any harder than ice skating - just saying that is it not "so easy to be flexible" and that you are lucky to be naturally flexible, but for most people it takes years of pushing and the majority of us will never reach that level of flexibility which you call "so easy".

[FaerieDevilish]

Try the jump at 1:06 with the same amplitude, height and cleanliness in technique (even just on the floor) while keeping the hoop in mind. If you still think ice skaters can do rhythmic gymnastics without even trying to, look up "Rhythmics is not easy" here on YouTube, and you'll have to reconsider your position.

[vanillabeanfrap7]

haha, try doing rythmic dancin on ice, and thats not even jumps and spins on the ice.

[EmpressIllyria]

if you attempt to do more than 3 revolutions in a row spinning on the floor (and many RG athletes do significantly more than that) you will find it is much more difficult to maintain a spin on the floor than it is on the ice. Then attempt the spins with the same amplitude as even a competant national (let alone INTERNATIONAL) level Rhythmic gymnast with the various balance changes through out.

[FaerieDevilish]

I am a massive fan of RG too, but that doesn't give us the position to downput figure skating or any other sport.

Go rhythmics and skating!

[Zamolodchikovafan16]

I would agree that these sports are very differant.However, I really like the montage, and I like mixed sports montages in general if they are my faverite sports! I think this montage is very pretty! Well done.

[elisan693]

You cannot compare a figure skater to a contortist. That is a rule here,and I have to disagree with one rather ridiculous statement saying that figure skating is harder than gymnastic, because I used to be in gymnastic and was never good at it. I also have arthritis as a result from doing gymnastic, mizzi. Also, you have to have good genes to have that amazing body type. My dad is a geneticist.

[EmpressIllyria]

It is also MORE than just genetics, it is also alot of training! Video search Anna Bessova (or any world level Rhythmic gymnast... KAZAKOVA is one that has alot on youtube) and you'll see some serious hyper-flexibility training. Tchachina is not genetically hyperflexible, she TRAINS to be that way and has to constantly work it to maintain it.

[Piukkulintu]

rhyhmics is harder than figure skating. i´ve done both.

[mizzi101]

i think its ok, its unusual but its quite good, realy i think figure skating is harder than gymnastics because sasha cohen has the flexibilty of a gymnast and she also needs to skate. i think its good thow

[deccles001]

Thats The Stupidest Idea Ive Ever Seen! Comparing 2 Different Sports Cos They Have The Same Music! How Crap!