Now, that is what you call a perfect ten. I loved the old scoring. This new scoring like in figure skating or ice skating is very confusing. Please bring both of them back, please?
@ljgymnast4856 Nadia was the first person to get a 10 in gymnastics, you are correct. They even had to give her a 1.0 with the score boards they had, because they hadn't even put in the space for a 10. Nadia got the first perfect 10 in gymnastics in 1976 in the uneven bars. So yes, you're totally right.
@SmileBeautyDebz No. Nadia was the first to get a ten other gymnast got a ten too but Nadia Comaneci was the first to get a 10 :) Yes, Nadia was truly amazing but Retton was too
@SmileBeautyDebz she was just the first to ever score the perfect 10. i think that Nadia and Mary Lou are the only 2 people in history to get the perfect 10. i could be wrong though.
@meganvb21493 i think that their the only 2 that got perfect 10 in the Olympics because i saw collage gymnastics competitions and some girls got perfect ten ..
@SmileBeautyDebz 1984 Olympics in Women's Artistic Gymnastics, those who scored a "Perfect 10": Ma Yanhong of China, Ecaterina Szabo of Romainia, Simona Pauca of Romania, Julianne McNamara of the United States and Mary Lou Retton of the United States.
@SmileBeautyDebz At the 1988 Olympics, the women who scored a perfect 10 were Daniela Silivas of Romania and Elena Shoushounova of the Soviet Union. At the 1992 Olympics, the women who scored a perfect 10 were Lavinia Milosovici of Romania and Lu Li of China.
She isa very beautiful young lady! I wish the girls today looked like her. Clean. No tatoos. No metal hanging out of holes in her face. She is absolutely gorgeous!
very few sports have that ONE PERFECT MOMENT... but i saw this live when i was 8, and it was chilling... and then, to prove that it was no accident, she went and did it again... wow... she even got her face on a box of Wheaties...
I remember that performance, I was only 6 years old. I was watching the gym at t.v. and I were very touched by this gymnast. Thank you for sharing this great moment XD
I remember all this very clearly..she absolutely dominated those olympics..she was in another stratosphere!.."in the zone" doesnt begin to describe it!..I rememb er actually feeling a bit sorry for the other girls, she was that good then..wont forget watching that..incredible performances
I think it's just amazing that AFTER getting the 10 on her first vault, she chose to vault again! From what I understand about gymnastics(which isn't much, so correct me if I'm wrong) but it's the best score out of the 2 vaults, so she didn't HAVE to vault again, right? And she still did - and nailed it! Assuming I could ever do something as amazing as these gymnasts do, if I got a perfect score, I wouldn't want to try a 2nd time for fear of not getting a perfect again. What confidence she had!
Did they not have high speed cameras back then? Sure she was great no question, but I cannot see all that made this event great. I know they had high speed 35 mm cameras that could take excellent stills....WHere ARE THEY??? Thanks, to anyone that knows.
its so sad that these vaults are forever tainted by her FX performance, which was arguably quite overscored. She was obviously a great talent, but her victory will forever be debated by those who understandably believe Zsabo was robbed. Even if that issue is put the rest, the ghost of Mostepanova keeps the question mark alive. Alas, it was the 80s. The country wanted Karate Kid, and they got it. Thank you MLR for these exceptional vaults and that bad ass DLO on the floor.
*Sigh* I SO miss my gymnastic days!. Damn just to turn back time for that...sweet. I love the fact that we are physically alike LOL!. Itty bitty powerhouses LOL.
I'm sorry but this was in an age when judges weren't afraid to give Americans the scores they deserved - and probably only because the USSR wasn't there. The fact the scores were so close with Nastia in '08 and even in skating in '10 with Evan, and Davis & White and Belbin & Agosto, is ridiculous when they were clearly better than marked. They should really do away with countries and let athletes compete individually; there's too much scandal otherwise.
Excellent comment. She was only 'lucky' due to the fact that the Soviets and their bloc would've given lower votes out of spite. Screw these youtube communists.
Ha how do you even focus enough to do a second vault after that? After you had just done the best vault ever and you knew you won? Wow. She was awesome though.
I remember being 6 yrs. old and watching this on tv...I wanted to be like her so much when I was growing up...she is amazing and is still doing great things to this day!!!!! She is an inspiration to all!!!!!
I'm glad she vaulted again even when she didn't need to; just to show the people that didn't win that luck had nothing to do with it, and that it was just pure talent and hard work.
Fantastic; one of my favourite moments in gymnastics and in sport. Her joy was palpable and infectious:) You couldnt help but share it:) Phenomenal performance:)
I had to work from very early in the morning until late at night, so my family would tape the gymnastics and wait to watch it with me when we got home. This was so exciting to see! What a sport she was to make that second vault after the drama of winning the gold. I remember that Bela Karolyi teased her, "Go do a third one!"
Freaking hilarious how many self-proclaimed experts there are! If Mary Lou was 16 today and going through the same training, had the same rules, and same scoring system- she would still kick their butts and still be a sweetheart while doing it.
First of all‚ just because one person commented something that includes the russians does not at all mean that the world should hate that great country. Nobody should have anything against anybody and I think people are being ridiculous when they always say things against the russians. And the american and russian rivalry is also ridiculous‚ they are both amazing country and should just support eachother and help eachother. Every country is great.
Ok I must jump in and correct you here....forgive me please. It was not a battle between US "us" and the Russians. This was a personal dual that played out between Retton for the US and Ekaterina Szabo of Romania. The Russians were almost a non-factor for gold and silver medals. Remember that this was not the over all team competition in this moment...this was the individual all-around. This has always been one of my top 5 Olympic moments in history.
@lamontofnazareth That's not nice because the Russians have produced some of the greatest gymnasts of all time. And i'm from & raised in Russia and it's a lovely country.
This is why i love Mary Lou, she's all smiles, and you can tell she truly enjoys what she is doing. There are so many gymnasts who you can tell do the sport because they are good, not because they want to. Mary Lou had a passion for the sport, and happened to be very good too!
I was at the beach in Florida watching this while on vacation. I remember crying I was so happy. I was 11 years old, and remember it like it was yesterday.
Mere words cannot describe it. She put our little town on the map. We lived about a half mile from her parents. All of her family are small, but very athletic.
@Yuri92001 - She came home the day after she won it. They met her at the Benedum airport in Bridgeport, WV with a fire truck. She rode on top of the fire truck all the way back to Fairmont. The streets were lined with people. They took her to Anthony Chevrolet and she was given a brand new red corvette convertible with the license plate that said MARYLOU. It was the first plate in the state with 7 letters. She flew back for the rest the next day. All I know is, she had 2 days between events.
@Yuri92001 - I thought it was kind-of a waste just flying home for a day, but she did and it was one of the greatest things to ever happen for little Fairmont, WV. The entire route from the airport to Fairmont was literally lined with people. We lived close to the highway, so we walked out to wave to her. Actually, the gymnastics school where she first started was directly across the street from my neighborhood.... Arialport Gymnastics.
Since I meet quite often absolutely the same type Americans as COMANECISALTO1, I can say that many Russians think absolutely the same way about americans ("After all they are wondering why we do not like them!"). This is two sides question, the question of stupid people from both "great" countries which are still thinking there is a cold war between them. They are like kids.
I admire her focus, to be able to nail a second vault after done that first one, with the audience going bonkers around the arena. She is all smiles and happy and then, as soon she salutes the judges for her second vault, there is no smiling really, you can see in her eyes that there is nothing outside her that can disturb her now, gives me the chills when you see people switch into performance mode like that, amazing!!!
It's funny that Mary Lou Retton's full twisting Tsukahara performed in 1984 was more difficult than a full twisting laid out Yurchenko performed by Daniela Silivas and Elena Shushunova in 1988. They're all great gymnasts though.
I loved MLR...but I found it a little foul how Carl Lewis got hosed when it came to endorsements after his show in LA. Just goes to show that some Americans are considered more "American" than others.
uh i dont know anything about gymnastics but i guess so haha im not even sure what that is but probally. she practices like 4-6 hours a day and doesnt have a gym period
Man this still gives me chills 25 years later. I remember watching this as a little boy. I had seen the USA team at a Car Wash in Houston raising money to go to the Olympics. I was so excited to see the girls on TV a few weeks later. Ah memories!
no dumbass, back then they took the higher score of the two vaults, not an average, she didn't even need the second vault. The technique and distance from the vault with a slight foot movement on the second vault might have given her a 9.95 on the 2nd vault, if at all. Oh by the way, I looked at your channel, your obsession with Sharon Tate, a murdered woman is very SCARY!!!!!!
Well her legs never break, and how many gymnasts can you come across today who can say they can do that? You guys should watch her video on the uneven bars...it's amazing. I havent seen any gymnasts do what she did when I watch gymnastsics
Gee you think she rocks making history and doing the best vault ever. Also getting a perfect 10 winning the gold in the all-around making her the first american gymnast to win the gold in the all-around.
cpandrs you are crazy too think that you think that was 9.9 the vault Mary Lou did deserved a 10. She did the best vault ever and made history by being the first female american gymnast to win gold in the all-around. She is one of the best ever
Now, that is what you call a perfect ten. I loved the old scoring. This new scoring like in figure skating or ice skating is very confusing. Please bring both of them back, please?
TheCopper05 3 days ago
wasnt nadia comaneci the first to get a 10? plz respond anyone
ljgymnast4856 2 months ago
@ljgymnast4856 Nadia was the first person to get a 10 in gymnastics, you are correct. They even had to give her a 1.0 with the score boards they had, because they hadn't even put in the space for a 10. Nadia got the first perfect 10 in gymnastics in 1976 in the uneven bars. So yes, you're totally right.
WedgeOfSpite 2 months ago
Who came here after watching Dom Irerra on the Carson Show,
CrackerLance 2 months ago
damn!! perfection
abymondesir23 2 months ago
Nkakaiyak huhuhu
vinesfundamera 2 months ago
Hells yeah... I remember seeing this when I was 8.
hawaiidispenser 3 months ago
homegirl stuck it twice!
jennyboom 3 months ago
i thought nadia was the only one to get a ten .. ?
SmileBeautyDebz 3 months ago
@SmileBeautyDebz There have been several perfect 10's in olympic gymnastics. nadia,Mary Lou,Shannon Miller
kalloused 3 months ago
@SmileBeautyDebz and Milosovici. She was the last to score a perfect 10.
kalloused 3 months ago
@SmileBeautyDebz No. Nadia was the first to get a ten other gymnast got a ten too but Nadia Comaneci was the first to get a 10 :) Yes, Nadia was truly amazing but Retton was too
TheZwinkyStuff 3 months ago
@SmileBeautyDebz she was just the first to ever score the perfect 10. i think that Nadia and Mary Lou are the only 2 people in history to get the perfect 10. i could be wrong though.
meganvb21493 3 months ago
@meganvb21493 i think that their the only 2 that got perfect 10 in the Olympics because i saw collage gymnastics competitions and some girls got perfect ten ..
SmileBeautyDebz 3 months ago
@SmileBeautyDebz 1984 Olympics in Women's Artistic Gymnastics, those who scored a "Perfect 10": Ma Yanhong of China, Ecaterina Szabo of Romainia, Simona Pauca of Romania, Julianne McNamara of the United States and Mary Lou Retton of the United States.
3Axel1996 1 month ago
@SmileBeautyDebz At the 1988 Olympics, the women who scored a perfect 10 were Daniela Silivas of Romania and Elena Shoushounova of the Soviet Union. At the 1992 Olympics, the women who scored a perfect 10 were Lavinia Milosovici of Romania and Lu Li of China.
3Axel1996 1 month ago
She isa very beautiful young lady! I wish the girls today looked like her. Clean. No tatoos. No metal hanging out of holes in her face. She is absolutely gorgeous!
SerialKiller19036 3 months ago
very few sports have that ONE PERFECT MOMENT... but i saw this live when i was 8, and it was chilling... and then, to prove that it was no accident, she went and did it again... wow... she even got her face on a box of Wheaties...
axeofgod72 4 months ago
did she get 2 tens?
Katelinanator 4 months ago
I remember that performance, I was only 6 years old. I was watching the gym at t.v. and I were very touched by this gymnast. Thank you for sharing this great moment XD
tremblaymarieh 4 months ago
@tremblaymarieh I was 7, and it was like yesterday!!!! Thats whats up. I then wanted to becme a gymnast, which I did.
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thanks buck!!!!!!
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Gives me goosebumps! Wish I had been alive to witness this!
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I love watching gymnastics! Thanks Buck!!
247abrowne 4 months ago
I remember all this very clearly..she absolutely dominated those olympics..she was in another stratosphere!.."in the zone" doesnt begin to describe it!..I rememb er actually feeling a bit sorry for the other girls, she was that good then..wont forget watching that..incredible performances
steve0900 4 months ago
I think it's just amazing that AFTER getting the 10 on her first vault, she chose to vault again! From what I understand about gymnastics(which isn't much, so correct me if I'm wrong) but it's the best score out of the 2 vaults, so she didn't HAVE to vault again, right? And she still did - and nailed it! Assuming I could ever do something as amazing as these gymnasts do, if I got a perfect score, I wouldn't want to try a 2nd time for fear of not getting a perfect again. What confidence she had!
chrissyjoy08 5 months ago 4
WOW
WERTUB3 6 months ago
ha i just saw her on the dairy queen commercial :)
pinksparkle009 6 months ago 26
@pinksparkle009
LOVE THAT COMMERCIAL!!...well and of coarse marry lou!!(:
SidLovesGymnastics 5 months ago
i wish videos like this, young women earning glory through merit, would get more views than the kind of stuff by that rotten brat miley cyrus
PopeOfTheUniverse 6 months ago 32
@PopeOfTheUniverse
hey.... r u probably the insecure rotten brat... take your hate somewhere else.
TerryVideoDiary 3 months ago
Did they not have high speed cameras back then? Sure she was great no question, but I cannot see all that made this event great. I know they had high speed 35 mm cameras that could take excellent stills....WHere ARE THEY??? Thanks, to anyone that knows.
Allinfun6789 6 months ago
I love when the commentator says "Oh boy" before she hits the vault horse.
metsdudenj 6 months ago
its so sad that these vaults are forever tainted by her FX performance, which was arguably quite overscored. She was obviously a great talent, but her victory will forever be debated by those who understandably believe Zsabo was robbed. Even if that issue is put the rest, the ghost of Mostepanova keeps the question mark alive. Alas, it was the 80s. The country wanted Karate Kid, and they got it. Thank you MLR for these exceptional vaults and that bad ass DLO on the floor.
ViardotVSGrisi 6 months ago
*Sigh* I SO miss my gymnastic days!. Damn just to turn back time for that...sweet. I love the fact that we are physically alike LOL!. Itty bitty powerhouses LOL.
MaryMRevis 7 months ago
I'll do it again!
fozngrace 7 months ago
Oh wow, I remember watching this live! I was around 8 years old when she won the gold. Wow, I feel old now lol.
Kawamura2 8 months ago
<3 and always will <3.
uvahooful 8 months ago
She was cute!
rm1jagfan 10 months ago
too bad Verne Lundquist wasn't calling this (don't know why'd he'd call a gymnastics meet lol)
"Mary Lou how, do you DO!!"
RollOnToVictory 11 months ago
@hattielovescattie yes I competed with her daughters and beat them;)! I didn't know she was there til after:(
gymnastagirl141009 11 months ago
@gymnastagirl141009 i just saw her daughter too! i was at the mardi gras meet. one of her daughters is in level 6, but i was competing in IPO
gymchick039 11 months ago
I wonder if any of her 4 daughters compete?Reading her bio,LOL the family real name was Rotunda.
HattieLovesCattie 11 months ago
amazing! she really is my hero!!!
gymnastics1412 11 months ago
she lands so far away from the vault!!
MistRDonuT94 11 months ago
I bet her hometowm was going nuts after this moment.
thisisrumorcontrol 11 months ago
pure honest perfection.
musicisinmeforever 11 months ago
1-24-2011. She's full of glee at 43. Happy Birthday, Mary Lou. Or can I refer to you as a little stick of dynamite. More than JJ Evans ever was.
mkl62 1 year ago
I'm sorry but this was in an age when judges weren't afraid to give Americans the scores they deserved - and probably only because the USSR wasn't there. The fact the scores were so close with Nastia in '08 and even in skating in '10 with Evan, and Davis & White and Belbin & Agosto, is ridiculous when they were clearly better than marked. They should really do away with countries and let athletes compete individually; there's too much scandal otherwise.
danasuperstar 1 year ago
shes from my hometown (:
brittanybug97 1 year ago
i can't stop smiling! she's great
ConcreteAngelx3 1 year ago
This memory is one of my favorite top 10!
gymflip 1 year ago
@SGhockeychika4
Excellent comment. She was only 'lucky' due to the fact that the Soviets and their bloc would've given lower votes out of spite. Screw these youtube communists.
Monty22001 1 year ago
Destroyed the communists, Go!
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jessicacarmon 1 year ago
@jessicacarmon ERM, No it isn't! Id like to see your phat ass do that combination in mid air and land on your feet ms Jessica Carmon. Always haters.
fusock 1 year ago
I've probably watched this video a thousand times on my old VHS. Still makes me smile and tear every time.
re4mdmom 1 year ago
I've probably watched this vault a thousand times. This still makes me smile from ear to ear on my old VHS tapes..
re4mdmom 1 year ago
@JGFallen What? I don't remember that, what did she say?
WaterEngel4 1 year ago
i think shes my favorite
Izzzi99 1 year ago
I love Mary Lou retton but didn't someone see her step back on the end? It could of been a 9.95 but I'm happy for her
MyCupcake6 1 year ago
@MyCupcake6 Idiot she didn't step back at all.
non0sequitur123 1 year ago
@MyCupcake6 obviously you are the only person who has every seen this step.
musicisinmeforever 11 months ago
Glad they went with the side shot for the 2nd vault. That height and distance - WOW!
OapostropheC 1 year ago 2
she was amazing....an amazing gymnast....I miss the perfect 10!
hiphopgrl82 1 year ago
@hiphopgrl82 yeah, but today's scoring system works much better.
cRaZyLiTtLeTeEnAgEr 1 year ago
Ha how do you even focus enough to do a second vault after that? After you had just done the best vault ever and you knew you won? Wow. She was awesome though.
Golddusttwin1 1 year ago 3
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itpduder 1 year ago
I was 17 and in love with her.
captainamerica1967us 1 year ago
WOW! AMazing!
gonzrule 1 year ago
America's sweet heart.
kilted911 1 year ago
@webcamguy42 ...try 26yrs later
bobbya16 1 year ago
BAD ASS!!!! YES!! USA!!
gingerbridge88 1 year ago
I remember being 6 yrs. old and watching this on tv...I wanted to be like her so much when I was growing up...she is amazing and is still doing great things to this day!!!!! She is an inspiration to all!!!!!
punkin7311 1 year ago
WOW! SHES AMAZING!!!! I look up to her! She is so brave and so lucky! :)
cutemagicgirl 1 year ago
I'm glad she vaulted again even when she didn't need to; just to show the people that didn't win that luck had nothing to do with it, and that it was just pure talent and hard work.
zeldafreak701 1 year ago
Fantastic; one of my favourite moments in gymnastics and in sport. Her joy was palpable and infectious:) You couldnt help but share it:) Phenomenal performance:)
ralucagymnast 1 year ago
I had to work from very early in the morning until late at night, so my family would tape the gymnastics and wait to watch it with me when we got home. This was so exciting to see! What a sport she was to make that second vault after the drama of winning the gold. I remember that Bela Karolyi teased her, "Go do a third one!"
AmusedChild 1 year ago
U S A!
gerardzor 1 year ago
Freaking hilarious how many self-proclaimed experts there are! If Mary Lou was 16 today and going through the same training, had the same rules, and same scoring system- she would still kick their butts and still be a sweetheart while doing it.
staged69 1 year ago
It doesn't look like she hopped, it looks like she landed on her tippy toes,.....
babygal7991 1 year ago
That is amazing. I wish I could do that.
4eversaddleclubfan 1 year ago
ppl that say the vault wasnt perfect are idiots...... comment on something less technical like hackey sack or something.......
AchromaticAdulation 1 year ago 2
that vault wasn't perfect
leeny11 1 year ago
Nice vault but she did hop...
jacquestwo 1 year ago
@jacquestwo did you not se the second one just as perfect???????? There was no hop on the first vault, you better watch it again.
mooresus 1 year ago
First of all‚ just because one person commented something that includes the russians does not at all mean that the world should hate that great country. Nobody should have anything against anybody and I think people are being ridiculous when they always say things against the russians. And the american and russian rivalry is also ridiculous‚ they are both amazing country and should just support eachother and help eachother. Every country is great.
oxLiddsxo 1 year ago 64
Well said. I agree.
LibertineDeSade 1 year ago
@oxLiddsxo
Ok I must jump in and correct you here....forgive me please. It was not a battle between US "us" and the Russians. This was a personal dual that played out between Retton for the US and Ekaterina Szabo of Romania. The Russians were almost a non-factor for gold and silver medals. Remember that this was not the over all team competition in this moment...this was the individual all-around. This has always been one of my top 5 Olympic moments in history.
MrDante1974 10 months ago
@MrDante1974 ALMOST a non factor? don't you mean COMPLETELY a non factor? The USSR totally boycotted these games. There was no Russian team at all.
evoandy 7 months ago 2
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@oxLiddsxo Russia sucks.
lamontofnazareth 10 months ago
@lamontofnazareth That's not nice because the Russians have produced some of the greatest gymnasts of all time. And i'm from & raised in Russia and it's a lovely country.
GymnasticsFan1144 10 months ago 4
@GymnasticsFan1144 Don't let it bother you. The idiot probably couldn't find Russia on a map of eastern Europe.
Astrobrant2 9 months ago 4
@oxLiddsxo thankyou my comrade russia needs people like your you should join the spetsnaz
yourvideoisgay1231 10 months ago
@oxLiddsxo I know right!!! PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE
CENATION224 9 months ago
The has the gift of being very short. This came into play when she did this.
SancLunatic 1 year ago
This will always be one of the best moment in the olympics.
wiseguyknowsit 1 year ago 6
That....
...was badass!!
morganthalervike 1 year ago 5
This is why i love Mary Lou, she's all smiles, and you can tell she truly enjoys what she is doing. There are so many gymnasts who you can tell do the sport because they are good, not because they want to. Mary Lou had a passion for the sport, and happened to be very good too!
peaceout3859 2 years ago 6
I was at the beach in Florida watching this while on vacation. I remember crying I was so happy. I was 11 years old, and remember it like it was yesterday.
gagirl73 2 years ago 3
We did party in Fairmont, West Virginia that night. She came home the next day.
NAGGERNUTZ 2 years ago 16
I bet you guys were goin absolutely nuts when she got the 10.
thisisrumorcontrol 2 years ago
Mere words cannot describe it. She put our little town on the map. We lived about a half mile from her parents. All of her family are small, but very athletic.
NAGGERNUTZ 2 years ago
WV represent!!! :D
mirandabrittney 1 year ago
@NAGGERNUTZ Wait.....how would she have come home the next day? Wasn't event finals after that?
Yuri92001 4 months ago
@Yuri92001 - She came home the day after she won it. They met her at the Benedum airport in Bridgeport, WV with a fire truck. She rode on top of the fire truck all the way back to Fairmont. The streets were lined with people. They took her to Anthony Chevrolet and she was given a brand new red corvette convertible with the license plate that said MARYLOU. It was the first plate in the state with 7 letters. She flew back for the rest the next day. All I know is, she had 2 days between events.
NAGGERNUTZ 4 months ago
@NAGGERNUTZ That's strange that they would let her do that but ok. Hey if it happened whatever but I have never heard of that :)
Yuri92001 4 months ago
@Yuri92001 - I thought it was kind-of a waste just flying home for a day, but she did and it was one of the greatest things to ever happen for little Fairmont, WV. The entire route from the airport to Fairmont was literally lined with people. We lived close to the highway, so we walked out to wave to her. Actually, the gymnastics school where she first started was directly across the street from my neighborhood.... Arialport Gymnastics.
NAGGERNUTZ 4 months ago
It would have been slightly embarrasing if she fell on that second vault.
cam2540 2 years ago 6
Slightly? LOL
mediorion777 2 years ago
I'd bet my firstborn that never even entered her mind -- that's the difference between her and us
morganthalervike 1 year ago
can you imagine doing a suke full twisting layout on the old vault nowadays???
OMG
MorgaPop 2 years ago 4
omg tht wass soo good. i wish i could do that. they nneedd to put mary burke's 10.0 vault on here!
gymnasticslover117 2 years ago
wow. beautiful. funny looking vault though. haha
Tumble4Life123 2 years ago
she was SO lucky the Soviet Union boycotted these games.
comanecisalto1 2 years ago
that's just a little rude
wyocanchaser 2 years ago 2
whatever, you russians allways have to bitch around, not wierd the world dislike you. From Norway =)
Alphaville92 2 years ago
Since I meet quite often absolutely the same type Americans as COMANECISALTO1, I can say that many Russians think absolutely the same way about americans ("After all they are wondering why we do not like them!"). This is two sides question, the question of stupid people from both "great" countries which are still thinking there is a cold war between them. They are like kids.
SearchingTheTruth85 1 year ago
she and shawn johnson are the only two gymnast that smile
tatulover2120 2 years ago 5
Another Great West Virginia Mountineer!
WBGVA 2 years ago 4
WOW!!!!!!
pfmiv 2 years ago 3
PERFECTLY EXECUTED
bayyPiNAY 2 years ago 72
This video has the same kind of feeling as the video from when Carly Patterson won. I love it!
swim4scofield 2 years ago
I admire her focus, to be able to nail a second vault after done that first one, with the audience going bonkers around the arena. She is all smiles and happy and then, as soon she salutes the judges for her second vault, there is no smiling really, you can see in her eyes that there is nothing outside her that can disturb her now, gives me the chills when you see people switch into performance mode like that, amazing!!!
tedsler 2 years ago 6
omg same here i watch this all the time and gives me shills all over
alextacy21 2 years ago 3
no one is as good as Nadia Comanchi
sepehrpercia 2 years ago
comeneci i think that's how its spelled
bayyPiNAY 2 years ago
it's in fact Comăneci (I can tell, I'm Romanian and originally from the same town as Nadia)
tobiasbuc 2 years ago 3
when she takes off she does it with such conviction, u can tell that this 16 YEAR OLD GIRL just stunned the world!!!!
gsolayman 2 years ago 2
Awesome - I have never been as happy for an Olympian as I was for Mary Lou Retton when she won the gold!
FIRSTDRESHER 2 years ago
She celebrated before the score came up! Wouldn't you wait until you saw the 10?!
dancergirl26 2 years ago
because she did a really good vault and knew it. It's like if you know you did really good on a test even if you hadn't gotten it back yet.
happyfeet67 2 years ago 3
She already knew. =)
MisanthropistPro 2 years ago 2
...good athletes KNOW what the score will be.
eljagg01 2 years ago
It's funny that Mary Lou Retton's full twisting Tsukahara performed in 1984 was more difficult than a full twisting laid out Yurchenko performed by Daniela Silivas and Elena Shushunova in 1988. They're all great gymnasts though.
markedexclusive 2 years ago 3
MLR was incredibly explosive but she is almost historically unique amongst female gymnast for her upper body power relative to her size.
sinjinthule 2 years ago
Funny how? Just seems like your opinion.
I loved MLR...but I found it a little foul how Carl Lewis got hosed when it came to endorsements after his show in LA. Just goes to show that some Americans are considered more "American" than others.
cbaldwinjr 2 years ago
@cbaldwinjr How did Lewis get hosed? I remember he got plenty of endorsements. Back up your statement with some facts if you have them.
fmecury 2 years ago
Her vaults were good but didn't deserve 10s, especially the second one.
She's lucky Mostepanova wasn't in the '84 games.
ispaht 2 years ago
she is rubber ball girl.
curewindy2 2 years ago
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I don't like her. NADIA WAS MUCH BETTER AND SHE WAS NEVER EVER REACTED THIS WAY.
Laurie25m 2 years ago
yes, isn't it terrible to be so excited and happy that she just did the absolute best that she could to win a gold medal? I mean, the nerve...
poopyhead30 2 years ago 53
This comment has received too many negative votes show
it cant be a ten the judge didnt see her feet a part when she landed so she would of got like a 9.7 or 9.6
rose987609 2 years ago
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markedexclusive 2 years ago
i know her oldest daughter :)
tangarineqt1946 2 years ago
Is she the one who is an up and coming elite?
carriemydear 2 years ago
uh i dont know anything about gymnastics but i guess so haha im not even sure what that is but probally. she practices like 4-6 hours a day and doesnt have a gym period
tangarineqt1946 2 years ago
this is from the 80's so no, not really, but she is a legendary elite.
greyskies34 2 years ago
why'd i get a thumbs down? i was asking about her daughter. i know who mary freaking lou is.
carriemydear 2 years ago
wow.. shes is the only one who has gotten a 10.00! geesh!
gymnastSJ216 2 years ago
haha, first had has nadia comaneci!
wiedieyoungending 2 years ago
Not bad for a little girl from a small town- Fairmont, WV. Mary Lou is as graceful today as she was 25 years ago.
schs1977 2 years ago
LOL, with today's hyper arbitrary judging, mary lou would get a 9.5 in execution--they'd take off tenths just to be stingy.
blackberryhill63 2 years ago 6
I cry, and proud to be an American!!!! USA!!
MakeupByShanilton 2 years ago 4
i got goosebumps from watching thiss! its awesome!
midlochik51 2 years ago 4
Probably one of the best clutch moments in the history of sports...or at least the olympics.
oldpreach 2 years ago 5
Yeah, this moment still gives me the chill 25 years later, i remember LA 84 like yesterday, i was a six year old in guyana,it was SPECIAL
mbevon 2 years ago 5
Man this still gives me chills 25 years later. I remember watching this as a little boy. I had seen the USA team at a Car Wash in Houston raising money to go to the Olympics. I was so excited to see the girls on TV a few weeks later. Ah memories!
yngtxtopbear 2 years ago 9
i totally agree. i am getting the chills watching it right now. truly incredible.
iloveyou6893 2 years ago 8
I was 14 years old when I saw this! Mary Lou is still awesome :-)
mbagirl09 2 years ago 6
Really beautiful!!
karensoal 2 years ago 5
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garyj79 2 years ago
no dumbass, back then they took the higher score of the two vaults, not an average, she didn't even need the second vault. The technique and distance from the vault with a slight foot movement on the second vault might have given her a 9.95 on the 2nd vault, if at all. Oh by the way, I looked at your channel, your obsession with Sharon Tate, a murdered woman is very SCARY!!!!!!
twilliger123 2 years ago 8
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garyj79 2 years ago
@ 2:07, "Ohh, what a tightly wrapped package of explosives..."
OMFG, he got THAT right!!!
XMChipXM 2 years ago 6
Well her legs never break, and how many gymnasts can you come across today who can say they can do that? You guys should watch her video on the uneven bars...it's amazing. I havent seen any gymnasts do what she did when I watch gymnastsics
ZJTrack4321 2 years ago
in today's code of points, would like be around a 5.0 in start value??
kevinlongwood 2 years ago
22 feet? I don't think that's possible
gymnasticsloverxoxo 2 years ago
That comment has always confused me also. I think Cathy meant 22 feet from the time her feet hit the springboard.
todosobretodo 2 years ago 3
She kinda looks like Princess Di...
LoraLeigh89 2 years ago 13
Gee you think she rocks making history and doing the best vault ever. Also getting a perfect 10 winning the gold in the all-around making her the first american gymnast to win the gold in the all-around.
bluedevilfan4 2 years ago
HOLY CRAP! She ROCKS!
gabriellesgirl 2 years ago
cpandrs you are crazy too think that you think that was 9.9 the vault Mary Lou did deserved a 10. She did the best vault ever and made history by being the first female american gymnast to win gold in the all-around. She is one of the best ever
bluedevilfan4 2 years ago
man she makes it look sooo easy!!!
Nankoutchak 2 years ago
That should have been a 9.9.
cpandrs 2 years ago
Yeah, she didn't stick either vault.
uwoeric 2 years ago
If you would be so kind, please explain why.
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