Ivana Hong - Floor Exercise - 2009 Visa Championships - Women - Day 2

[blooberchik1]

i wish she would stop doubting herself!! she has so much potential and she is so good!!

[mcggymnast97]

I love that ending!

[BackTuckBabayy]

LOVE THE END! Back-limberrr. awesome! 

[KateeAmeliaa91]

Ivana's form on her tumbling will always outdo Nastia's though!

[Gr33nkiwi]

@KateeAmeliaa91

Her landings are extremely low and rarely controlled. Her form in the air may be better but there is no comparison to landing position and height. 

[cheddarpretzels]

@Gr33nkiwi Exactly!!

[marushk161]

Nice to see how her switch ring improved since 2008. In 2008 it actually wasn't much better than Shawn's.

[Stonymypony]

She always has great ending to her routines :)

[JMB545]

Gosh im in love with her floor music! and that last move that she does, i love it!

[imboredsis]

ivana is unbelievable

[GymchampZW]

I am so sad that she is going to collegiate gymnastics. I think she really could've been a big name internationally if she would've stuck with her. Her artistry is amazing.

[bernardmarianovella]

Bring back the double front, one of the best in years!

[tumbletumbletumble01]

Some of the cleanest tumbling ever...

[Reyertjuh]

omg i miss her double front pass!

[gymbert13]

I think it looks good how she twists a bit late at :48 (the second twist)

[GymnasticsFan1144]

Her form is UNBELIEVEABLE!

[zhangshinyi]

hope ivana does well these next two years~ rooting for her!

[LovePink121]

Who won this?

[serenitative]

Where is this music from?! I swear I've heard it a lot before...

[96horseluvr]

@serenitative yupp if u have ever watched figure skating lol. its the music from sasha cohen's short program '01-'02 she used it at the 2002 winter olympics

[iheartcheese111]

@serenitative It's "My Sweet and Tender Beast", music from a 70s Soviet movie I believe. Beautiful routine and beautiful music, beautiful gymnast for sure! Love her!

[TheCookieMonster33]

what happened to her amazing double front as her first pass?!?!?!

[jessieh89]

Love her ending piece of dance <3 !!

[iliveatgym]

she finishes in the same pose i do(:

[WaterEngel4]

I love that ending move! It's so different from most things you see!

[banis87]

where is her double front???!! :(

[indorican648]

@banis87 @manuuu8 I think Valeri took out the double front because it put Nastia's to shame.

[Floatie114]

WOGA likes to put little tributes to Nastia in all of their girls' routines, I see. Ivana is wonderful.

[bedinvenus]

i want the double front back sooo bad plz bring it back Ivana =[

[viaroxyxx11]

doesttn she have the same ending position as nastia?

[R34lH0pe]

@viaroxyxx11 acctully i think it is

[manuuu8]

Can anyone tell me why valery took out her clean double front?

That 1.5 to 1.5 front was realy slopy

[Timtation69]

@manuuu8 I heard she was training 1.5 to double front! Can't wait to see it next season!

[Gr33nkiwi]

@Timtation69 Seriously?!?!

Thats insane.

I'm not a huge Ivana fan because of her horribly low landings, but if she actually managed to do that that would be a HUGE step for womens gymnastics!

[mynajjm]

I just LOOVE that ending! Ivana is uniq! ;)

[pinkgirlx34]

she needs to smile!

[markoth97]

i liked her 2008 routine !

this is kinda .......weird,i mean the music is not for gymnastics,and her moves are faster than music!

that's my opinion!

[elven678]

The vault in the back was pretty nice... kinda sloppy legs, but good landing! :)

[jumpinggymnast5]

i've got to say, love the gymnast but not so much the choreography. it just doesn't look ery professional. very bland.

[rockoutkh]

i was there when she did this

[MdrnDncr87]

i liked her floor in 2008, with a front double like she has she should always use it!!

[PDRKorea]

Is that ending position compulsory in the US? That routine is really nicely choreographed but I am kinda tired of seeing that position: Hong, Humphrey, Liukin, McCool, etc... :-) But a very nice routine overall!

[lawofjude]

This girl is full of power!

[randomsuper]

what a beautiful vault landing in the back round lol

[itstheapocalypse]

I'm very curious, since this was originally choreographed for Nastia, how she would have performed this routine.

[flippingfirmys]

@itstheapocalypse this was coreographed for nastia? i cant really see nastia with this music!?

[jimnastix123]

beautiful! her routine is so elegant and graceful.

[GymMonkeyAz]

well the one good thing about the rule for the steps is that less people would go out of bounce because they wouldnt take the step back. (or shouldnt atleast.)

[Griddster22]

I like the way she rises up and leaves the twist a little late into the 2 and a half in her second pass.

[ritamdrake]

What is Ivana's music in her floor rutine?

[javajunkie6]

It's called My Sweet and Tender Beast. Irina Baraksanova used the same music in the 1980s.

[cymraegambyth]

@javajunkie6 As did Alexandra Croak of AUS at the 2000 Olympics.

[wheresyourheadatt]

nastia and her dad are so cute and similar. on ivana's last pass they both ducked down to see if she would hit the front layout out of the 2.5

[animalgrlz257]

lol. i know! Nast would make a fantasic coach!

[Presshandstandgirl]

@wheresyourheadatt wasn't that Bridget Sloan? I do see Nastia's dad.

[krell88]

@Presshandstandgirl nastia is to the far left of the screen in all black. all three actually duck down. it's kinda funny.

[agators212]

@krell88 haha...i just noticed that...that was cute.

[lindseylee77]

@Presshandstandgirl no the third was another trainer at woga, the older woman.

[ashleybug706]

i'm in love with the leo woga had this championships....

[kevinlongwood]

This routine was originally given for Nastia, but then Nastia gave it to Ivana because she prefered another piece

[crazy4gymnastics4224]

how do you know?

[willsbob123]

I could tell, her end pose was Nastia's in 2008.

[eremiaz]

i think this routine is made by Nastia. looks like Her choreography

[ginoseast123]

it wasn't made by nastia it was made by the choreographers and now that Ivana trains at WOGA of course there are going to be similarities

[kiolkool]

she will be the new nastia! just watch give her time. one thing she has got that nastia doesnt is she is more powerful.. ivana has got the LINES add the power skills.. perfect.

[RagingBearVideos]

Yeah, the problem with Ivana is inconsistency.

[moondog1997]

Great routine! I miss her old double front but overall this routine is much better than her old one.

[gymfan06]

one of her biggest problem on all of the events is getting her chest up!!! I hope that she works on that a lot. Fabulous dance in the new routine though

[boytoyville]

You are absolutely right.

[audie83]

I think this music (Sasha Cohen's 2002 SP music) is the one Nastia was going to use but she changed her mind.

I miss Ivana's AWESOME double front-that's her signature move imo-I can't wait until she puts it back. She had some problems on landing but superb form in the air. The music seems maybe a little bit subdued for Ivana. :)

[xNinon]

Love the Limber at the ned!!

[disneydance1169]

She is amazing and a perfectionist but I just don't feel the routine like I do with Nastia Dark Eyes :/

But I love Ivana!

[TsubasaDreams]

I agree, I think Ivana needs to be more expressive in her face but I do think this is a lovely routine.

[1369oklaba]

the quality is unbelieveble