the reason i loved that year's all around is because we all got to really see the best caliber of what this competition should be. Nastia was leading. Sure Shawn could've just faltered, but she didn't. She was so awesome, and didn't make those "ooooooooohh" mistakes, so she knew in the end that she did the very best that she could've done!! So i think that silver could just as easily been gold. And Nastia didn't falter either, she was just havin'g fun! they are both just amazing athletes :)
What really killed Shawn was her low D-score on bars and her lack of rotation on vault. Shawn's lack of flexibility also played a factor. She could lose 0.5+ on both beam and floor because she wasn't reaching full split on her jumps/leaps. Also, it didn't come down to Shawn to see who would get gold. With the score Nastia received on floor, Shawn didn't have the D-score to take gold. She was performing for silver or bronze.
No matter what people may say about Shawn and her lack of grace, you could say the same thing about Nastia and her lack of power. Gymnastics is supposed to be excited.....it's not ballet. I love both Nastia and Shawn and watching the two in Beijing is one of my fondest memories ever. But Shawn was underscored at the Olympics. She should have been closer to Nastia in terms of scores. But her difficulty and fantastic execution are remarkable in such a wonderful young lady. She's amazing.
@Gr33nkiwi Ummmmmm...she definitely did...that's why she scored a 15.875. And I don't know of any other vaults that she could do that would score that high.
Natsia and Shawn are both very good no doubt about it. But, there is a very distinct difference between the two. Natsia has grace, Shawn has power. I guess in this situation or most situations judges favor grace as would I.
omg i think both, shawn and nastia are amazing gymnast who i luv looking up 2 and watching thewy were scored perfectly and i think they are great role models.....2 me neway
I'm not sure how many people are criticizing Shawn's artistry, but does anyone remember Kui Yuanyuan? Probably not. She competed one of the world's most difficult beam routines with few errors at '97 worlds, yet didn't medal, causing criticism of the judges by the HEAD of FIG. Or Alexei Nemov, who competed 6 huge releases in a row on HB at '04 olympics, the crowd even booing the judges for his score. The old system encouraged perfection, the new, difficulty. The gymnasts must follow to medal.
my friend claire and i are just lke shawn and nastia! im the tall, artistic one. shes the short stubby power house that everyones in love with, im pretty much hated when im next to her. shes a coaches pet just like shawn. but i always win. haha;p winnings not everything though.
that was so underscored. wow. i mean don't get me wrong, there wasnt much dance at all and i love nastia but this was just wow. that was the best tumbling i have ever seen and 15.525?? at least, that shouldve been a 16. that was unbelievable
@doglin82 - I was referring to competitions such as the VISA Championships and the Olympic Trials (both held in America). Judges at those competitions completely overscore the Americans
Does anyone know what shawn johnson is doing nowadays? has she totally retired from competitive gymnastics, is studying etc? sorry i don't follow gymnastics very closely. i saw a photo of her attending the CMA awards in jun 2009 and was so surprised to see her looking so different since it was only 1 yr after the Beijing Olympics, i didn't recognize her...
@ power1of1now - no the judges did NOT underscore her. They simply took the proper deductions for lack of artistry and flexibility. I like Shawn but Nastia totally deserved that gold - she was simply better on that day.
@ Missnewyork28 - you're saying that Shawn has more artistry than Nastia? Are you out of your mind? I like Shawn but she is just a power gymnast and her routines are not nearly as great to look at as Nastia's.
@Msmademoiselle91 I'm not out of my mind. Actually I'd say you are. Did u read correctly my comment before writing ? I've never said that Shawn was more artistic, she is not at all, I agree. However she is a way better technician than Liukin and didn't get th credit for it. Whereas Liukin mistakes, well, she din't get all the deduction she deserved for it. That's it !
About her "artistry", maybe it's the chorgraphy, idk, I don't like, it's cheesy, too fast, too rushed.
@Missnewyork28 Well - you were being sort of unclear. You said Liukin had no artistry, and finished a comment in which you only talked about grace/artistry with "Shawn is a better gymnast". So it was easy to misinterpret what you ment. And I still disagree, Nastia absolutely deserved that gold.
It's one thing saying you don't like her choreo, but I simply don't get how you can claim Liukin has no artistry.
@Msmademoiselle91 What I mean by artistry is probably different from your meaning. I can't really explain, to me the only reason she is said to be artistic is because she is flexible and tall because apart from that, she is like the other gymasts. She has the same boring moves, useless hands movement, is waiting for the music without doing anything when she's to early. She is not in, she doesn't feel what she is performing. I much prefer Shawn's smile, at least you see she likes what she does.
@Msmademoiselle91 What I mean by artistry is probably different from your meaning. I can't really explain, to me the only reason she is said to be artistic is because she is flexible and tall because apart from that, she is like the other gymasts. She has the same boring moves, useless hands movement, is waiting for the music without doing anything when she's to early. She is not in, she doesn't feel what she is performing. I much prefer Shawn's smile, at least you see she likes what she does.
Liukin made mistakes as well, of course, she did not the perfect routine it's not possible ! However, they are less obvious than Shawn's but still there are !
Come on, Nastia is a great gymnast, but has no artistry at all. She just has long and tiny legs, she looks like a ballerina because of that. I don't get the fascination for her, she is not elegant. We have to admit, american gymnasts lost their grace with time. They prefer difficulty to beauty and artistry. If you want to watch a real artistic gymanst, watch Anna Pavlova, less impressive, but so beautiful. Shawn is a great gymnast as well, like Patterson and diserve the gold more than Liukin.
@Missnewyork28 Did you really just say that Nastia has no artistry? She has soo much more grace and artistry than power gymnasts like Shawn or Carly. Nastia absolutely deserved the gold medal on that day. Not to mention her PERFECT vault compared to Shawn's which had a lot of errors. Nastia combines her elegance and skill level and is truly an all-around olympic champion.
@Missnewyork28 Did you really just say that Nastia has no artistry? She has soo much more grace and artistry than power gymnasts like Shawn or Carly. Nastia absolutely deserved the gold medal on that day. Not to mention her PERFECT vault compared to Shawn's which had a lot of errors. Nastia combines her elegance and skill level and is truly an all-around olympic champion.
@Missnewyork28 While I agree that Anna Pavlova is stunning to watch on floor, I don't know why you think Nastia has no artistry. She's the only American gymnast who has artistry. She has that Russian elegance that the other Americans don't have.
She was robbed! Stupid judges, Nastia had bad form in almost every individual skills (the only place that she was "big" on the uneven bars) and lower start values compare to Shawn, and yet the judges did their best to help her! It is not fair, I hope that Shawn will do a good comeback and go to London, and finally get what she deserve! (Oh, and don't forget, on the Balance Beam, Nastia has not completed the ability to throw his head back, and even so, the judges gave her a 6.7 start value).
@roch202020 There was no question about Nastia's leaps in her beam difficulty (few have better head release than Nastia on leaps). The questionable start value was over whether she connected her onodi to her wolf full (0.1 in bonus). I believe she didn't, and should have gotten a 6.6 start. I used to believe that Shawn was robbed, but not anymore - Nastia's form errors are more obvious, but Shawn's errors are definitely there as well. I believe it should have been closer, however.
Though I am HUGE Shawn Johnson fan, Nastia really did deserve this title. She was the closest to perfect throughout that night and Shawn did extremely well, but gave a little away on her vault and beam. Nastia also had a very high advantage with her bars routine. Overall, they both amazing!
@MaebySurelyBarely shawn johnson didnt lose. she won a silver medal and a gold on the beam. Nastia liukin had the advantage with difficulty. She also had less errors than shawn. Like she stuck her beam while shawn wobbled and shawn didnt hit all her leaps and handstands on bars. Thats just how it panned out. Nastia Liukin deserved that title.
I was talking about the AA scoring (p.s., watch her bars and floor again, she had one short cast and she made her leaps). The beam scores were fair, too, it was just the bars and floor ones. (Like Shawn getting lower execution scores on floor than Nastia - Shawn hit every tumble cleanly - remember they were allowed to take a controlled step in 2008 - but Nastia had some obvious form issues in every tumble and plently of bounces out of her tumbles).
@MaebySurelyBarely im sorry but to agree with you to say that shwn hit her leaps would be like agreeing with the holocaust. & the reason shawns execution scores were lower because of her leaps. And also yes shawns tumbling is awesome but is the most over looked, over scored gymnastics ive ever witnessed. She lands with her chest in her knees alot and on her front tumble she is lacking amplitude, while also setting back on multiple doubles. Look at this at gymnastics EXPERTS point of view.
I'm sorry, what do you mean by 'setting back on multiple doubles', I don't quite understand.
Most overscored you've ever seen? Nistor in 2007 aside, she isn't overscored. Watch her bars from this competition, look up her execution scores, and then try to say she's overscored again with a straight face, okay?
experts like the judges who judged this olympics....
& technically i couldn't tell you with a straight face seeing as how its youtube, and in order to do that i would need to make a video. i have a life and am for some reason wasting part of it replying to you. i dont know why. nastia liukins aa olympic champion and complainging saying shawn should have won isnt gonna change that....
I love how you responded without answering any of my questions. The fact that you avoid my questions tells me that I'm right, you know. I know she's the champion, I just like to analyze things like the scoring.
I am quite curious to know what "setting back on multiple doubles' is, though.
@MaebySurelyBarely setting back is a bad technique where the gymnast doesnt use a proper set. a set is the beginnin of the salto if you didnt know, and causes the doubles to look flat a travel far, much like shawns full-in.
Why is everyone fighting about who should have gotten the gold medal. I am sure that both of them are happy that they medaled. This chance may not ever come again and they are only teenagers and wanted to make the most of it.
Shawn Johnson is my favorite. But shes all power, no grace. Nastia has artistic part and the power part. Thats why Nastia won, & not shawn. Even tho they both are excellent gymnast.
@Kirstenlovz2flip that's not why she won......she won because she was the closest to perfection that day. Shawn didn't win because she made very tiny errors.
@bbtalk27 Yes i guess that is true. But Nastia does have the grace part of gymnastics & shawn needs to improve on hers, so thats another reason why nastia won.
@Kirstenlovz2flip Yeah that's true, but also put into play that it also did not work for Nastia most of the year. When it counted on the other events apart from the all around, Shawn came ahead. Yes, I do agree that artistry is important, but gymnastics is not the same as ballet and figure skating where grace is pivitol. For example, Carly Patterson was not the least bit graceful, but Svetlana was and Carly won. It's not really about grace it's about how perfect you can make your routines.
maybe during the all-around!!!! shawn's vault score was always better and obviously her floor final score and beam final score were higher than nastia's!!!!!!
In prelims, shawn and nastia tied on beam, and Nastia knows how to stick her landing on beam. I have never seen Shawn stick on beam dismout. I really like Shawn Johnson, she is a fantastic gymnast, but the reality is Nastia was better the night of the all around.
@flipnchick3824 Shawn doesn't try to stick her beam dismount. It's too difficult for her to try and stick it. She could hurt herself really badly. It's also why she doesn't try to stick her Yurchenko 2 1/2.
@itstheapocalypse How is it dangerous for Shawn to stick her beam dismount. Shannon Miller stuck that dismount lots of times and she did not hurt herself on it.
I have to admit that I wanted Yang Yilin to win, but the americans were so good that I always knew one of them was gonna win, but I'd rather prefer Shawn than Nastia, nastia seems so russian to me, shawns was more like the typical american gymnasts, besides she is nicer.
shawn did great during all around but if you compare her and nastias scores, Bars is pretty much what sealed nastias win. hopefully if shawn returns to gymnastics, she'll have a new and more difficult bar routine. :)
also on beam she has a bad habit of keeping her chest down after the standing full and full-in. which she could have ultimatly occured a whole point in deduction for those. but never did because of rep.
I agree that Beijing scoring was a little funny, I don't think Shawn's floor was underscored, but her bars should had been little higher. I agree that Nastia was the best THAT night, but I don't think her lead should have been that big over Shawn.
The problem is that with the standing full, EVERY gymnast lands with a low chest. With that particular skill, the chest will be low. It's really not just Shawn, Cheng Fei and Sam Peszek's standing fulls are like that too. That said, most of Shawn's deductions are from the lack of flexibility.
Maybe all the difficulty is blinding you from the fact that her dance elements lack flexability.The dance is as just as important as the difficult tumbling elements.(FX)
There is no beauty in the routine,lack of flexability,a crutial handstand was not executed,and the landing was not stuck(AB)
The landing was a bit uncontrolled,and again no stick(V)
@power1of1now NO, she was not underscored. The Olympic judges are more strict. And, unlike the horrible US judges, they took the CORRECT deductions for her lack of flexibility and artistry.
Yeah! I'm so sorry about the quality of some of my videos! I don't know why they sometimes end up like that because on my computer they usually end up fine.
I'd tap that.
jdave17 1 hour ago
well doesnt she just think shes great.
queenoftheblackcats 1 week ago
She has to be an undercover Asian.
julieM1996 2 weeks ago
this routine never ceases to amaze me when i watch it. the control she displays is just so, for the lack of a better word, incredible.
purplewolfking 1 month ago
WOW she is really good i dont even know what to say!
happinesscounts16 2 months ago
i love nastia and shawns little high five at the beginning.
crispycrunchybacon 2 months ago
I do think Shawn's floor routine was underscored, but it still wouldn't have been enough to put her ahead of Nastia.
PhenixJoe 2 months ago
shes good
xlilziexD 2 months ago
My heart breaks everytime i see her lose but Nastia deserved it.
MrLalol123 2 months ago
shawn u inspire me to work harder wile training
volleyball4life09 3 months ago
if i could get 1.00 dolar for every pixel id have 0.01 dollars
victoria16lucky 4 months ago 42
@victoria16lucky Sorry...?
GymnasticsSuperstar 4 months ago 14
@GymnasticsSuperstar they're saying the quality isn't great
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ballerina's are so much better and work 10000000000000000000000 times better
BalletGirl312 4 months ago
how old is she??
MyStrawberry2000 4 months ago
@MyStrawberry2000 she is now 19, but at the Olympics she was 16
thejasminetan 4 months ago
fucking hate this shity quality...........
PrettyBitches911 4 months ago
That was amazing :)
loves2jam 5 months ago
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toddjoel 5 months ago
the reason i loved that year's all around is because we all got to really see the best caliber of what this competition should be. Nastia was leading. Sure Shawn could've just faltered, but she didn't. She was so awesome, and didn't make those "ooooooooohh" mistakes, so she knew in the end that she did the very best that she could've done!! So i think that silver could just as easily been gold. And Nastia didn't falter either, she was just havin'g fun! they are both just amazing athletes :)
ApoloExpress 6 months ago
how do they not get wedgies??
izzy1520 6 months ago
@izzy1520 Spray glue to hold the leotard to their 'cheeks' lol. Gymnastics is awesome.
AngelicPhantom 6 months ago
magaling,,
jeeroh26 6 months ago
Awwh.. She is so pretty... :))
FatPuffin1 6 months ago
What really killed Shawn was her low D-score on bars and her lack of rotation on vault. Shawn's lack of flexibility also played a factor. She could lose 0.5+ on both beam and floor because she wasn't reaching full split on her jumps/leaps. Also, it didn't come down to Shawn to see who would get gold. With the score Nastia received on floor, Shawn didn't have the D-score to take gold. She was performing for silver or bronze.
TsubasaDreams 6 months ago
No matter what people may say about Shawn and her lack of grace, you could say the same thing about Nastia and her lack of power. Gymnastics is supposed to be excited.....it's not ballet. I love both Nastia and Shawn and watching the two in Beijing is one of my fondest memories ever. But Shawn was underscored at the Olympics. She should have been closer to Nastia in terms of scores. But her difficulty and fantastic execution are remarkable in such a wonderful young lady. She's amazing.
JohnPhilipSousa519 7 months ago
@JohnPhilipSousa519
You are aware that Shawn was gifted 0.7 on vault and Yang Yilin should have won the silver, right?
Gr33nkiwi 2 months ago
@Gr33nkiwi How was she gifted? Because she did an Amanar and Yang Yilin didn't? It's not cheating by doing a more difficult vault.
JohnPhilipSousa519 2 months ago
@JohnPhilipSousa519
An Amanar is a 2.5 twisting Yurchenko. Shawn Johnson did not perform this in the Olympic AA.
Gr33nkiwi 2 months ago
@Gr33nkiwi Ummmmmm...she definitely did...that's why she scored a 15.875. And I don't know of any other vaults that she could do that would score that high.
JohnPhilipSousa519 2 months ago
@JohnPhilipSousa519
I may not be a math major, but I'm pretty sure 2.25 =/= 2.5 ;)
Gr33nkiwi 1 month ago
@Gr33nkiwi Well she got credit for it, so clearly the judges thought she performed an Amanar. Get over it.
JohnPhilipSousa519 1 month ago
@JohnPhilipSousa519
Learn how to judge.
An amanar is a 2.5 twisting yurchenko. If you only (if even) complete 2.25 you did not do an amanar; therefore, you get downgraded to a DTY.
The judges wanted to avoid a controversy, which would have clearly emerged.
Gr33nkiwi 1 month ago
Natsia and Shawn are both very good no doubt about it. But, there is a very distinct difference between the two. Natsia has grace, Shawn has power. I guess in this situation or most situations judges favor grace as would I.
juicybeauty007 7 months ago
omg i think both, shawn and nastia are amazing gymnast who i luv looking up 2 and watching thewy were scored perfectly and i think they are great role models.....2 me neway
cocabean800 8 months ago
I'm not sure how many people are criticizing Shawn's artistry, but does anyone remember Kui Yuanyuan? Probably not. She competed one of the world's most difficult beam routines with few errors at '97 worlds, yet didn't medal, causing criticism of the judges by the HEAD of FIG. Or Alexei Nemov, who competed 6 huge releases in a row on HB at '04 olympics, the crowd even booing the judges for his score. The old system encouraged perfection, the new, difficulty. The gymnasts must follow to medal.
bernardmvella 8 months ago
I reckon she should have won.. *waits for people with no life to tell me I'm wrong*
caillinnumberonefan 9 months ago
@caillinnumberonefan no, i agree with you
MyXLastXTango 7 months ago
haha this is awesome! my friends sister can do this routine.
dancergirl4521 9 months ago
wow she lands them so perfectly :)
gummystar2000 9 months ago
BEAUTIFUL!
16kdancer 10 months ago 2
my friend claire and i are just lke shawn and nastia! im the tall, artistic one. shes the short stubby power house that everyones in love with, im pretty much hated when im next to her. shes a coaches pet just like shawn. but i always win. haha;p winnings not everything though.
gymnastagirl141009 11 months ago
@gymnastagirl141009 Well your comment here gives me a pretty good idea of why your friend is liked by everyone and no one likes you...
TinyAva93 10 months ago
@TinyAva93 dont be mean:( i said winning wasnt everything. and i dont really care for it.
gymnastagirl141009 10 months ago
i am the huuuuuuuuuuugggggggest fan of shawn she is a biiiiiigggg role model for me!!!!!!!!!!
harleyannmiller 11 months ago
i love u ur awsome
TheTheleerock 11 months ago
omg i love shawn so much! she is amazing and does everything so effortlessly!
she takes it all with a huge smile on her face and she is so gorgeous too!
my fav gymnasts in no order are: nastia liukin, shawn johnson, and alicia sacramone!<333
kesharox888 11 months ago
10 dislikes. Hmmm. Bet there Chinese.
MrsPhelps1000 1 year ago
@MrsPhelps1000 OR Nastia Liukin fans
abctooeasy 1 year ago
@MrsPhelps1000
11 dislikes. Hmmm. Bet there are 11 people that actually understand what gymnastics is suppose to be.
FlicTuckFull 9 months ago
ii wanted nastia to win. all gymnasts lack her grace
gymnastagirl141009 1 year ago
@gymnastagirl141009 Well, not Pavlova...
espinaca79 1 year ago
@espinaca79 i love pavlova, very true(:
gymnastagirl141009 11 months ago
i love her routine! she practically stuck all! i"m a big fan of shawn. :) i do gymnastics!!!!!
TheBrennbrenn 1 year ago
that was so underscored. wow. i mean don't get me wrong, there wasnt much dance at all and i love nastia but this was just wow. that was the best tumbling i have ever seen and 15.525?? at least, that shouldve been a 16. that was unbelievable
Ccgirl4 1 year ago
@Ccgirl4 totally agree!! she usually get like 16+ for this routine like in the olympics trials & VISA championship.
zEmsterMBM 1 year ago
@zEmsterMBM - yes, but those are American based competitions which are ALWAYS overscored.
ericmaine 10 months ago
@ericmaine how is this American based ? it is the olympics?
doglin82 10 months ago
@doglin82 I meant the Olympic Trials and Visa championships - mentioned by ccgirl 4 above.
ericmaine 10 months ago
@doglin82 - I was referring to competitions such as the VISA Championships and the Olympic Trials (both held in America). Judges at those competitions completely overscore the Americans
ericmaine 6 months ago
Does anyone know what shawn johnson is doing nowadays? has she totally retired from competitive gymnastics, is studying etc? sorry i don't follow gymnastics very closely. i saw a photo of her attending the CMA awards in jun 2009 and was so surprised to see her looking so different since it was only 1 yr after the Beijing Olympics, i didn't recognize her...
ViVi80 1 year ago
@ViVi80
pascale1989 1 year ago
I have never seen cleaner tumbling passes as I have in this one.
lisapizza16 1 year ago
i love how Shawn and Nastia highfive in the beginning, its so cute.
brooke123456788 1 year ago 69
Shawn most win the all around, she is better than everyone
mogo233 1 year ago
no one likes shawn because she's tubby
vontrappster 1 year ago
@ power1of1now - no the judges did NOT underscore her. They simply took the proper deductions for lack of artistry and flexibility. I like Shawn but Nastia totally deserved that gold - she was simply better on that day.
Msmademoiselle91 1 year ago 2
@ Missnewyork28 - you're saying that Shawn has more artistry than Nastia? Are you out of your mind? I like Shawn but she is just a power gymnast and her routines are not nearly as great to look at as Nastia's.
Msmademoiselle91 1 year ago
@Msmademoiselle91 I'm not out of my mind. Actually I'd say you are. Did u read correctly my comment before writing ? I've never said that Shawn was more artistic, she is not at all, I agree. However she is a way better technician than Liukin and didn't get th credit for it. Whereas Liukin mistakes, well, she din't get all the deduction she deserved for it. That's it !
About her "artistry", maybe it's the chorgraphy, idk, I don't like, it's cheesy, too fast, too rushed.
Missnewyork28 1 year ago
@Missnewyork28 Well - you were being sort of unclear. You said Liukin had no artistry, and finished a comment in which you only talked about grace/artistry with "Shawn is a better gymnast". So it was easy to misinterpret what you ment. And I still disagree, Nastia absolutely deserved that gold.
It's one thing saying you don't like her choreo, but I simply don't get how you can claim Liukin has no artistry.
Msmademoiselle91 1 year ago
@Msmademoiselle91 What I mean by artistry is probably different from your meaning. I can't really explain, to me the only reason she is said to be artistic is because she is flexible and tall because apart from that, she is like the other gymasts. She has the same boring moves, useless hands movement, is waiting for the music without doing anything when she's to early. She is not in, she doesn't feel what she is performing. I much prefer Shawn's smile, at least you see she likes what she does.
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@Msmademoiselle91 What I mean by artistry is probably different from your meaning. I can't really explain, to me the only reason she is said to be artistic is because she is flexible and tall because apart from that, she is like the other gymasts. She has the same boring moves, useless hands movement, is waiting for the music without doing anything when she's to early. She is not in, she doesn't feel what she is performing. I much prefer Shawn's smile, at least you see she likes what she does.
Missnewyork28 1 year ago
i dont think shawn johnson is good enough. I mean she is good but next time she needs to step it up.
vampirewolf101010 1 year ago
Liukin made mistakes as well, of course, she did not the perfect routine it's not possible ! However, they are less obvious than Shawn's but still there are !
Missnewyork28 1 year ago
Come on, Nastia is a great gymnast, but has no artistry at all. She just has long and tiny legs, she looks like a ballerina because of that. I don't get the fascination for her, she is not elegant. We have to admit, american gymnasts lost their grace with time. They prefer difficulty to beauty and artistry. If you want to watch a real artistic gymanst, watch Anna Pavlova, less impressive, but so beautiful. Shawn is a great gymnast as well, like Patterson and diserve the gold more than Liukin.
Missnewyork28 1 year ago
@Missnewyork28 Did you really just say that Nastia has no artistry? She has soo much more grace and artistry than power gymnasts like Shawn or Carly. Nastia absolutely deserved the gold medal on that day. Not to mention her PERFECT vault compared to Shawn's which had a lot of errors. Nastia combines her elegance and skill level and is truly an all-around olympic champion.
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@Missnewyork28 Did you really just say that Nastia has no artistry? She has soo much more grace and artistry than power gymnasts like Shawn or Carly. Nastia absolutely deserved the gold medal on that day. Not to mention her PERFECT vault compared to Shawn's which had a lot of errors. Nastia combines her elegance and skill level and is truly an all-around olympic champion.
73gymnast1 1 year ago
@Missnewyork28 While I agree that Anna Pavlova is stunning to watch on floor, I don't know why you think Nastia has no artistry. She's the only American gymnast who has artistry. She has that Russian elegance that the other Americans don't have.
itstheapocalypse 1 year ago 3
No wonder Shawn was crying she should have won the AA.
horseluvr999 1 year ago
Im still traumatised from that first tumble .. I mean WOW
AsukaaKoba 1 year ago
She was robbed! Stupid judges, Nastia had bad form in almost every individual skills (the only place that she was "big" on the uneven bars) and lower start values compare to Shawn, and yet the judges did their best to help her! It is not fair, I hope that Shawn will do a good comeback and go to London, and finally get what she deserve! (Oh, and don't forget, on the Balance Beam, Nastia has not completed the ability to throw his head back, and even so, the judges gave her a 6.7 start value).
roch202020 1 year ago
@roch202020 There was no question about Nastia's leaps in her beam difficulty (few have better head release than Nastia on leaps). The questionable start value was over whether she connected her onodi to her wolf full (0.1 in bonus). I believe she didn't, and should have gotten a 6.6 start. I used to believe that Shawn was robbed, but not anymore - Nastia's form errors are more obvious, but Shawn's errors are definitely there as well. I believe it should have been closer, however.
MaebySurelyBarely 1 year ago
she actully looks like someone i know !!
thebunnyinmexico1998 1 year ago
How old is she?
She's amazing!
rebeccaroos1 1 year ago
@rebeccaroos1 She was 16 at the Olympics, but 18 now.
JohnPhilipSousa519 1 year ago
already one gold in the bag??...
chrislindsey14 1 year ago
@chrislindsey14 They were talking about Yang Yilin, it was just when this user cut things out it made it confusing! haha
liukin95 8 months ago
that is amazing i wish i could do that !!
singdancegym 1 year ago
well u cant
leworthy4severs 1 year ago
well u cant
leworthy4severs 1 year ago
Though I am HUGE Shawn Johnson fan, Nastia really did deserve this title. She was the closest to perfect throughout that night and Shawn did extremely well, but gave a little away on her vault and beam. Nastia also had a very high advantage with her bars routine. Overall, they both amazing!
bbtalk27 1 year ago
did not fall at all. That is to f***** up!
gymnastwsg7 1 year ago
that fall was too controlled to be an accident
love22dance4ever 1 year ago
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MaebySurelyBarely 1 year ago 5
@MaebySurelyBarely shawn johnson didnt lose. she won a silver medal and a gold on the beam. Nastia liukin had the advantage with difficulty. She also had less errors than shawn. Like she stuck her beam while shawn wobbled and shawn didnt hit all her leaps and handstands on bars. Thats just how it panned out. Nastia Liukin deserved that title.
gymLYYFE 1 year ago
I was talking about the AA scoring (p.s., watch her bars and floor again, she had one short cast and she made her leaps). The beam scores were fair, too, it was just the bars and floor ones. (Like Shawn getting lower execution scores on floor than Nastia - Shawn hit every tumble cleanly - remember they were allowed to take a controlled step in 2008 - but Nastia had some obvious form issues in every tumble and plently of bounces out of her tumbles).
MaebySurelyBarely 1 year ago 3
@MaebySurelyBarely im sorry but to agree with you to say that shwn hit her leaps would be like agreeing with the holocaust. & the reason shawns execution scores were lower because of her leaps. And also yes shawns tumbling is awesome but is the most over looked, over scored gymnastics ive ever witnessed. She lands with her chest in her knees alot and on her front tumble she is lacking amplitude, while also setting back on multiple doubles. Look at this at gymnastics EXPERTS point of view.
gymLYYFE 1 year ago
Experts like who?
I'm sorry, what do you mean by 'setting back on multiple doubles', I don't quite understand.
Most overscored you've ever seen? Nistor in 2007 aside, she isn't overscored. Watch her bars from this competition, look up her execution scores, and then try to say she's overscored again with a straight face, okay?
MaebySurelyBarely 1 year ago
experts like the judges who judged this olympics....
& technically i couldn't tell you with a straight face seeing as how its youtube, and in order to do that i would need to make a video. i have a life and am for some reason wasting part of it replying to you. i dont know why. nastia liukins aa olympic champion and complainging saying shawn should have won isnt gonna change that....
gymLYYFE 1 year ago
I love how you responded without answering any of my questions. The fact that you avoid my questions tells me that I'm right, you know. I know she's the champion, I just like to analyze things like the scoring.
I am quite curious to know what "setting back on multiple doubles' is, though.
MaebySurelyBarely 1 year ago
@MaebySurelyBarely setting back is a bad technique where the gymnast doesnt use a proper set. a set is the beginnin of the salto if you didnt know, and causes the doubles to look flat a travel far, much like shawns full-in.
gymLYYFE 1 year ago
@gymLYYFE Ah, thank you. I was not familiar with the term.
MaebySurelyBarely 1 year ago
some people are so stupid....she fell on purpose... if that was a real fall she would have caught herself!!.....DUHH
puddin123321 1 year ago
Why is everyone fighting about who should have gotten the gold medal. I am sure that both of them are happy that they medaled. This chance may not ever come again and they are only teenagers and wanted to make the most of it.
dwfan6995 2 years ago
omg i wish i cud do tha !
ove been teachin myself but so far im crud :C
lilmizizzie 2 years ago
she fell at 1:52 !
TheCassbrookeshow 2 years ago
@TheCassbrookeshow i don't think she did, i may be wrong but i believe it is part of the routine.
Hakuslover 2 years ago
Thanks i didnt know either.
TheCassbrookeshow 2 years ago
That's cause she was supposed to.
It was part of her routine....
GMRowed 2 years ago
that was part of her routine it wasn't a fall
ilovepeytonwren21 2 years ago
Its was part of the routine !
redcoatleanne 2 years ago
ya, i think she was supposed to do that, but at first it looks like it wasn't a part of the routine
meganandmandy1600 2 years ago
It's clearly part of the routine... But I guess if you have never seen her do it... the you could think that.
lisapizza16 1 year ago
that was part of her choreography (gymnasts are required to some sort of low to the ground movements in their routines)
soapygirl83 1 year ago
Her floor was better than Nastia's IMO.
tinymavy 2 years ago 2
Video quality is really quite bad
ythnkupollyprsypnts 2 years ago 3
She is like my idol and i wuld luv to just no one of those flips and she knows em all and acts like they are the easiest thing in the world!
PotatoWarrior26 2 years ago
Shawn Johnson is my favorite. But shes all power, no grace. Nastia has artistic part and the power part. Thats why Nastia won, & not shawn. Even tho they both are excellent gymnast.
Kirstenlovz2flip 2 years ago
@Kirstenlovz2flip that's not why she won......she won because she was the closest to perfection that day. Shawn didn't win because she made very tiny errors.
bbtalk27 2 years ago
@bbtalk27 Yes i guess that is true. But Nastia does have the grace part of gymnastics & shawn needs to improve on hers, so thats another reason why nastia won.
Kirstenlovz2flip 2 years ago
@Kirstenlovz2flip Yeah that's true, but also put into play that it also did not work for Nastia most of the year. When it counted on the other events apart from the all around, Shawn came ahead. Yes, I do agree that artistry is important, but gymnastics is not the same as ballet and figure skating where grace is pivitol. For example, Carly Patterson was not the least bit graceful, but Svetlana was and Carly won. It's not really about grace it's about how perfect you can make your routines.
bbtalk27 2 years ago 3
why shawn not win`? she was much better than Luikin ...
Junadi12 2 years ago 2
poor shawn she didnt win first place in all around she should have got first place she deserved it Go shawn keep up the good work u rule
love ure biggest fan
goooooooooooo shawn!
afnanp 2 years ago
abugatta pudrete.. ella tiene cara y cuerpo mejor que el tuyo asi que callate el ocico y no opines.
SHAWN ♥ Oh! she is the BEST
JessRSGVIDEOS 2 years ago
esa jonson parece un muñecp tanto ejercicio no es nada estelisada .... no tiene nada de femenina asi no tiene gracia la gimnacia .:S
xXAbUGaTTaSXx1 2 years ago
gooo shawn!!!!!!!!!woo-hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!
gymgirl864 2 years ago
good shawn
ravenisahottie16 2 years ago
Awesome job keep it up
wesr851 2 years ago
you are amazing keep it up!
Mnpeaceout5 2 years ago
wow ur really good. keep up the good work
meema1313 2 years ago
yes she is good but if u didnt know she was in the olympics idiot
xolexixo100 2 years ago
shawn can outscore nastia on 3 events but with one event, nastia can still win! i think that's unfair and ridiculous!!!
GosfordAbercrombie 2 years ago
Nastia outscored Shawn on 2 events at the olympics.
flipnchick3824 2 years ago 12
maybe during the all-around!!!! shawn's vault score was always better and obviously her floor final score and beam final score were higher than nastia's!!!!!!
GosfordAbercrombie 2 years ago
In prelims, shawn and nastia tied on beam, and Nastia knows how to stick her landing on beam. I have never seen Shawn stick on beam dismout. I really like Shawn Johnson, she is a fantastic gymnast, but the reality is Nastia was better the night of the all around.
flipnchick3824 2 years ago 9
Very well said, I totally agree
angel2116 2 years ago
@flipnchick3824 Shawn doesn't try to stick her beam dismount. It's too difficult for her to try and stick it. She could hurt herself really badly. It's also why she doesn't try to stick her Yurchenko 2 1/2.
itstheapocalypse 1 year ago
@itstheapocalypse How is it dangerous for Shawn to stick her beam dismount. Shannon Miller stuck that dismount lots of times and she did not hurt herself on it.
flipnchick3824 1 year ago
@flipnchick3824 Like I said, it's too difficult and dangerous FOR SHAWN to stick. I think Shannon was a better gymnast, anyway.
itstheapocalypse 1 year ago
@flipnchick3824
all i have to say is, look at the scoreboard.
vierlaty2 1 year ago
thats all going to change this quad, I find it funny that Yang was so close to Shawn.
angel2116 2 years ago 3
This is soo crazy.
I love Shawn Johnson she's my role model and I wish I could do the amazing things she's able to do.
BlahGirl90210 2 years ago
That is UH-mazing. I wish i could do stuff like that haha.
VBALLGOLD2 2 years ago
i am a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuggggggggggge fan of shawn she is my roll model
angel15ish 2 years ago 15
I have to admit that I wanted Yang Yilin to win, but the americans were so good that I always knew one of them was gonna win, but I'd rather prefer Shawn than Nastia, nastia seems so russian to me, shawns was more like the typical american gymnasts, besides she is nicer.
morenodelaorilla 2 years ago
shawn did great during all around but if you compare her and nastias scores, Bars is pretty much what sealed nastias win. hopefully if shawn returns to gymnastics, she'll have a new and more difficult bar routine. :)
Kslim07 2 years ago 6
i have a question... i come from germany and i love this leotardi thinks its from GK ?!? can you buy the leotards from the US girls there ?
Sassiiification 2 years ago
They used to sell the Olympic leotards but not anymore.
GymnasticsSuperstar 2 years ago
@GymnasticsSuperstar yea they do
thebunnyinmexico1998 1 year ago
@Sassiiification you can probably buy them on ebay now
afgymnast96 1 year ago
I love Shawn! She's so cuteee and sweet!
And she's such an awesome gynast!
She totally deserved to win Dancing With The Stars too! :)
kc2393 2 years ago 8
Omg I didn't know she was crying after her routine! she's such an awesome person
SilverDragon24 2 years ago
pressure must be very heavy to bear...
monkeygiggling 2 years ago
YIU!! parece robot!
sinhutabes 2 years ago
This was a great routine. Yes i believe she was underscored the entire olympic games. Mostly in the aa finals. I think
peachesiknow 3 years ago 9
i think the deductions came from lack of flexability,most of her leaps dont hit the angle that they should,and i didnt see her stick anything.
X3ishere 2 years ago 4
also on beam she has a bad habit of keeping her chest down after the standing full and full-in. which she could have ultimatly occured a whole point in deduction for those. but never did because of rep.
mrflipz 2 years ago 5
I agree that Beijing scoring was a little funny, I don't think Shawn's floor was underscored, but her bars should had been little higher. I agree that Nastia was the best THAT night, but I don't think her lead should have been that big over Shawn.
angel2116 2 years ago 3
The problem is that with the standing full, EVERY gymnast lands with a low chest. With that particular skill, the chest will be low. It's really not just Shawn, Cheng Fei and Sam Peszek's standing fulls are like that too. That said, most of Shawn's deductions are from the lack of flexibility.
BestFiction00 2 years ago
Thank you!, very much true , love your comment :)
angel2116 2 years ago
Nastia was way overscored. She has a massive cowboy, crosses her leg on every single twist and tricks all her landings.
ApolytonGP 3 years ago 4
yes she did do those things. but they were deducted from her A score. She was fairly judged. Dont get me started on Pavlova.
mrflipz 2 years ago 6
Shawn was underscored! those olympics judges sucked!!!
power1of1now 3 years ago 20
I agree
wawisyeah 3 years ago 2
Maybe all the difficulty is blinding you from the fact that her dance elements lack flexability.The dance is as just as important as the difficult tumbling elements.(FX)
There is no beauty in the routine,lack of flexability,a crutial handstand was not executed,and the landing was not stuck(AB)
The landing was a bit uncontrolled,and again no stick(V)
X3ishere 2 years ago
@power1of1now NO, she was not underscored. The Olympic judges are more strict. And, unlike the horrible US judges, they took the CORRECT deductions for her lack of flexibility and artistry.
comanecisalto1 1 year ago 15
@power1of1now but even if she has gotten 16.0 , which in my opinion, she SHOULDN"T...she still would have lost..
doglin82 1 year ago
The quality is not very good but watching Shawn was very fun
stevenengl 3 years ago 7
Yeah! I'm so sorry about the quality of some of my videos! I don't know why they sometimes end up like that because on my computer they usually end up fine.
GymnasticsSuperstar 3 years ago