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Well, according to the press, in 1992 Korea said she was 17, at the Olympics, so that would make her 12 here. lol, um yeah right.

bamagym 8 months ago

I don't care how old she was - her routine here is better than anything I saw in Beijing.

beautifulsarah100 1 year ago

I'm guessing she was . . . what- 18 here?

beautifulsarah100 1 year ago

Oh my gosh..she's only 9 here? My 7 year old daughter is into gymnastics..so I get to see young girls her age do gymnastics. This is by far above her age group by years. Some gymnasts never develop this kind of skills regardless of their age. This is truly amazing....

trailblazingdoc 1 year ago

wow she had to be at the very least 8 or 9 here because theres no way she could possibly be doing those skills if she was any younger. so im starting to think she was probably 13 or 14 in barcelona instead of 12. soooooo talented tho!

LMA629 1 year ago

@LMA629 She was born in 78, so yes she was infact 9 here. Awesome 9 year old if you ask me

wexlerchick 1 year ago

nadia, far from ready? i expect that explains the 3 gold medals and becoming the best gymnast in history. while many gymnasts arent ready, nadia's a bad example. she just did her her job and wasnt effected by how big the stage

cheer4gym 2 years ago

cuantos años tiene en ese competencia esa gimnasta?

dragu88 3 years ago

@dragu88 nadie sabe

LMA629 1 year ago

Was she 5 years old? She was too "small"?

lucascampelovianna 3 years ago 2

it IS incredible that someone of that age can perform like that. but i still find it disgusting that she was put in such a harsh competitive environment so early. way to rob a little girl of her childhood. she was probably training 15 hours a week from the time she was five.

antibaka6502 3 years ago

This is what gymnastics is like in EVERY COUNTRY. 3.5 year old Dominique Moceanu could not have possibly decided "oh yes I want to dedicate my life to this sport." By the time these girls are old enough to have memories, gymnastics is just what they have always done.

Basically all world-class gymnasts are under insane pressure and have insane parents, but what can you do.

telorc 3 years ago

15 hours a week is only about 2 hours per day..... it's better than a 5 year old sitting on ass for 2 hours a day watching tv.

AmelieYvette 3 years ago 7

I think maybe this person (antibaka6502) either made a typo or doesn't understand how much elite gymnasts train. 15 hours a week isn't really anything. If they want to complain about her "childhood being taken away" they'd need to imagine her training at least 40 hours a week.

QueenieQue 3 years ago

@AmelieYvette elite gymnasts train way more than 15 hours a week its more like 30-40 but other than that i agree with what you said

LiSa22LoLs 8 months ago

she looks 8, so she was most probably 13 at the olympics. she had teeth missing in 1992, which can happen until you're just about that age, not any later.

lepetitpoulet 3 years ago

@lepetitpoulet By age 13 I had not yet changed all my teeth. In fact, I had quite a few of my baby teeth pulled out by a dentist at that age to speed things up. I was also a gymnast. Wonder if that tooth changing delay could be related to training, just like the delay in puberty (which I didn't hit until 17).

theadux 1 year ago

Thank you for posting this amazing archive footage of the great Kim Gwan Suk. She's such a baby here-and clearly incredibly talented. She's known for her innovative bars releases but she was quite excellent on beam.

audie83 3 years ago

apperently she was even younger than 13,around 11 but..i just dont understand why she got disqualified.She was good enough to be there so who cares if she wasnt 15..:(

do you know why she didnt go to the 1996 olympics?

mufffin777 3 years ago

That's the exact reason for the age limit. pre-pubescent girls are more supple and can complete more difficult skills if they can learn them. If allowed to compete, they are pushed by their coaches (and country) into competitive levels not designed for such young competitors. Nadia, Kim Gwang Zuk, Dominique Moceanu. While limitless physical training prepared their bodies for the events, emotionally, they're far from ready.

She didn't compete in 1996 because the FIG couldn't ascertain her age.

ElphabaPWNs 3 years ago

How can you say that Nadia, Kim, and Dominique were not ready? What did they say, that they wished they were four years older until they had their first Olympics? I think it varies from child to child and it's up to the coach and the National Federation to determine whether a child is psychologically ready or not - age is just a number and means nothing in a general sense of maturity.

TuesdayPillow 3 years ago

She was amazing for her age! Is was just IMPOSSIBLE girl with her size with 15 years old... gymnasts can be smal...but...so much???

AcroLover92 3 years ago

They put her up as 15 for three years in a row and they didn't notice?! Outrageous!

KarenLovesGymnastics 4 years ago

Unbelievably stupid, more like!

NonMatchingUnderwear 3 years ago

They tried to claim that she was 16 when she won gold on bars at the '91 Worlds but she was born in '78 which made her only 13. North Korea's lies banned them from the '93 Worlds.

maggiebret 4 years ago

She's amazing. Such flexibility and strength at her age. What a great natural arch, I wish I had her feet. Too bad that she's pretty much vanished from the scene.

millancad 4 years ago