Shannon Miller - 1993 Worlds EF - Balance Beam

[Katelinanator]

:( poor girl......i still love her though :*

how old was she???

[cleicsioluek]

@Katelinanator 16

[bik1050]

Ooooo Rough....

[EIZvideos]

That was still great! But its hard to keep your balance after falling like that. After you fall once, the rest of the routine isn't as good.

[gymnasticsloverxoxo]

She could see by her face at the beginning she really did not want to do this.

[jeterlover03]

I'm just your average basic gymnastics fan AND I know that the commentator sounded like a moron. She called the two layouts, two back somersaults...wtf?

[gymnasticsloverxoxo]

@jeterlover03 They were often referred to as back somersaults.

[jeterlover03]

@gymnasticsloverxoxo wow...never heard of that. How does that work out? You could call a dozen different stunts "somersaults". LOL

[gymnasticsloverxoxo]

@jeterlover03 yes you can, it is a very basic name for them, at this time though there weren't many backwards tumbling skills other than back handsprings and layouts

[RJoseph927]

@jeterlover03 You're right, there are several types of somersaults. The commentator said "two straight-back somersaults." This is a British broadcast so what we would call a "layout" in the States, they refer to as "straight back." Somersault is a very generic term, layout or "straight back" tells us what type.

[Hasoginy]

the first pass would be very nice if she did not fall...but she did look very weak and no energy here. Sigh of relieve when she finished it. Her routine in 94 EF is one of my favourites.

[grafgirl27]

Who are those annoying commentators.

[moopoo66]

@grafgirl27 idk but that women keeps talking i hate her! She's worse then Elfi!

[selesfan30]

I dont really get her score. 3 falls which is .5 for each and only a 9.5 start value after the falls. That means without any of the falls and a 10 start value she would get a 9.850 which seems high for this routine which seemed lackluster and a bit off even apart from the falls. Then again that would have only tied Milo's average routine for the gold in that case so maybe it wasnt that bad after all. Gawd the World womens field sucked bigtime this year.

[gymnasticsloverxoxo]

wow that hurt to watch

[andro669]

to me Shannon performed great under the pressure, 3 Gold Medals, can't complain there.

[luv4cookie1]

i know you do, but at the HOTEL she was staying at they had a a lot of exotic foods shannon was not familiar with, so she barley ate. you see? (:

[luv4cookie1]

well she did eat but very little. they were in berlin here i beleive, and all the foods and fruits were so exotic. as it explains in the book. so she ate to little because she didnt particualry enjoy the food. so she didnt have enough to eat and the medicene caused her to have an upset stomach. so she normally does it as does everyone. BUT this country had exotic food tht she really didnt like so she didnt really eat tht much. (:

[emmyjo720]

It was Birmingham, England and they have food of an variety...We have supermarkets, health food shops, etc in England.

[luv4cookie1]

here is what happened everyone. She had a severe back problem in these championships so they gave her a medicene that required eating, which she didnt know. Which caused a lot of stomach problems, like neasuesa. So she was unfocused her stomach hurt. That is why she performed so poorly. She didnt have the flu. She just didnt know she needed to eat anything with that medicene. Kathy johnson gave her some power bars for her next event: floor, and she felt better and won the gold. (:

[gymnasticsloverxoxo]

Why wouldn't she eat? I mean don't you eat on a daily basis?

[SunshineSlayer]

It's amazing that she went for her full difficulty considering at the time she hadn't been able to eat because of a weak stomach.

[dstilley11]

This commentator...what's up with her. I think she's more than rude with the way she was a bit snickery.  Not cool.

[intldawn]

Perhaps, but I think she was more shocked than anything that Shannon had such a miserable performance. She was always so consistent and even though she'd miss sometimes, never like that.

[dstilley11]

I think she had a stomach virus??

[brianmulligan]

I give her so much credit for even attempting her whole routine while being sick without even watering it down!

[Stella1love]

i feel bad. but at least her whole career wasn't like this like Pavlova. she always makes mistakes at the most important meets. =(

[snofagun1814]

piking the dismount is so unneccesary, why even do it

[memyselfandialwayz]

i love shannon. i feel bad...she looks sooo miserable and sick. way to go for competing and she did amazing on bars. she almost didnt look sick on bars. wuz she not sick the day she competed bars?

[sesannejeremie]

i still hate her from the begining

[ApolloJordan]

Shannon is human, I thought she might have been a robot before this.... (j/k..maybe)

[darthmira]

Still can't believe she over rotated a full twisting double back in the pike position. That was the hardest dismount she ever did, and to see extra power on that, especially for Shannon is incredible, even if she did fall!

[baybeedoll779]

i remember this, she was really sick on this EF day... i've competed beam sick before, and it isn't pretty, no matter what level you are! :)

[thetopdog99]

im glad she came back and won it in 1994

[EdGringo78]

Oh my goodness, that must have hurt like hell!! She is definitely one of the best gymnasts of all time. Her composure is incredible.

[Yangyun4ever]

Well, its not like she is the only person to hav ever done it. Look at Gutsu after she fell in Barcelona, or He Kexin from Beijing. it would be hard to have trained your whole life for something then have it get screwed up by one mistake.

[peteythepumpkin]

completly missed the beam. she is such a gr8 gymnast

[MiMi11422]

I was shocked and I felt bad

[wtfitsjoe1214]

yeah she was sick her come on people give her a break. haha

[czucksk84life]

if i hit my armpit on the side of the beam i'd be a little startled too

[port2112]

She fucked up, but she is still very talented, period!

[gymiskrunk]

wow poor thing. but that takes a lot of guts to get back up there and keep doing it. still beautiful :)

[TuesdayPillow]

She was actually quite ill here, and if I recall an interview from her she said it was very difficult to be upside down - imagine feeling like you're going to puke and having difficulty orientating yourself and doing all this on the beam! Then they figured out that she was taking a cold or allergy medication on an empty stomach. If I recall, they remedied it before floor. I know she won floor after this.

[bulgaria4]

she's awsome, just got unnerved, that's all

[FireDannyAinge]

She was sick and hurt. She then went on to win floor so

[gymnasticslover3000]

wow a great routine. But yea three falls... her number was also falling off. I feel bad for her. :(

[todosobretodo]

I agree! Had she been up to par and stayed on the beam, should would have easily won this event.

[huetboy27]

Well Milosovici's winning score was 9.85 which is pretty big. I think Miller still could beat that, she already had a 9.887 for a perfect qualifying round routine. However she would have had to avoid wobbles and stick her landing probably, not just avoid falling.

[ursonikki]

yeah, reminiscent of shawn except shannon fell THREE times!

[NonMatchingUnderwear]

Reminds me of Johnson - how she won the AA and then cam off the beam twice in ef.

Saw this on a montage first _ I thought she must have smashed her ribs up but thankfully not!

[Rumplestillskull]

Even with the mistakes WoW

[hotwriter36]

I don't think that she was hurt, only embarrased. She had the flu the entire week and didn't eat much as far as I know.

[bulgaria4]

aww that stinks

[gymnasticsforever17]

was she hurt because I don't remember when Shannon did something like that! (fall off the beam NOT the unture rumors)

[hotwriter36]

Anyone know this? Shannon divorced from her husband because he accused her of sleeping with a married male athlete? Any truth to this report? She doesn't look like the type.

[NonMatchingUnderwear]

he did accuse her of that n divorce her, dunno what happened thoughin real life

[gymweb]

i dought it

[raddrobbyy]

still great,a piked full in dismount is amazing.

[boytoyville]

Shannon sleeping with Bela? Stupid. She is a two time world and national all around champion not to mention her otehr medals. Aside from that she has some of the best form and technique ever. She was always highly apprecieted by the international judges. You can't say that about many American gymnast.

[bitchPUHLEASE]

Ive heard both rumors, on the Bela Rumor it is said Shannon made a move on him prior to trials.

[saks07]

HAHAHA! She did not! That is by far the funniest rumor I have ever heard. By the way, she was also married in 2000 to Chris Phillips. Had she not hyperextended her knee she probably could have made the team, considering they did not take Atler and instead took Dawes.

[tatiananova]

Atler was a lost cause. She totaly melted down at trials and was a big liabilty to take. And as for Shannon, I heard she incinuated herself to Bela in a last ditch effort to make the team. Also she has had sex with John Rothlesburger but this was more recent as it was ome of the reasons for her divorce :O

[saks07]

I've heard about the John rumor, but never the Bela one. I think I believe the John one because of the tours and stuff.

[Stinkyfart]

I don't think I've ever seen her fall like that. That must suck having to compete when you have the flu. I remember when she fell @ the 1996 Olympics and Nuno told her to "Suck it Up". What a guy!! Meanwhile Dominique Dawes fell too and her coach, Kelli Hill was really supportive.

I also saw her tribute to 9/11 in 2001 and cried when I saw it. The song and program spoke volumes.

[Lnicker]

Shannon was a great gymnast, but one that really had trouble getting her composure back quickly. For example, here, although she was sick, she just couldn't get it together until the next event: floor.

Also, at the Olympics in the All Around, she messed up her floor routine, it wasn't a DISASTER, but she messed it up a little and then she was crying and couldn't get it all together until vault.

She's amazing, but not as mentally tough as a lot of the other great gymnasts in the past.

[andro669]

False, I think what is great about Shannon is her "mental toughness"

[fruityliciousrhubarb]

Does anyone know what her score was for this?

[EdGringo78]

i believe it was 7.787

[ChixxKC]

No I think it was 7.85 she got, she came last though, But in fairness she was ill, she had taking pain medication for her injured back on an empty stomach. But she redeemed this routine by winning gold in 1994.

[EdGringo78]

I knew it was in the 7's. I know she was competing in pain at this meet. Her win in 94was incredible, especially because she was competing with a torn stomach muscle for this meet

[luv4cookie1]

@ChixxKC also form deductions and her little balance checks and wobbels added up when you fall you get form deductions and if she would of hit her highest score was 10, but no one gives out tens anymore

[mrparke007]

God... this is the WORST balance beam routine I've ever seen Shannon do. What a fluke!!!

[catfreek]

lozer

[caitlinette]

She had a stomach flu when she performed here. Give her a break.