Olympic Games Beijing 2008 - individual aa award medal ceremony

[GeniusDolphin]

Zhukova shouldn't be the silver medalist, Kapranova did, and Anna Bessonova deserved the correct medal, which is the bronze medal! If Kapranova didnt made mistake in clubs and Bessonova didnt made mistake in hoop, Zhukova should be the forth! :D But if Kanaeva made mistake, she would also be the Gold Medalist :D

[GeniusDolphin]

Bessonova's clubs is not underscored, she truly deserved that score, her routine is very easy compared to other gymnast! Kanaeva is not overscored, she should get a higher score! :D

[VideoFreakEvw13]

I got a signature from her!!!! It was so cool!!!!

[rhythmics88rockxerin]

ok i seriously wish i was one of those people in the audience waiting for anna and evgenia signing their signatures there. that'd be soo cool !!!

[xSmiley97x]

Were can I find the rest of the gymnasts in og final ranks??

[Anyen93]

@xSmiley97x

Try official UEG website. (ueg-gymnastics)com

[1998azizi]

love inna zhukova....<3

[Missnewyork28]

Besso's clubs routine was so underscored. She should be silver medalist. And Kanaeva, even is her routines were gold worthy should have received lower score.

[thclub1]

love anna bessonova for ever

[lyamurochka]

Bessonova - real olympic champion!

[thegreendestiny]

An all-"Russian" swept podium.

[chocolatefan1711]

It's kind of a "remix" of the chinese song "Mo Li Hua".

If you look for it on Youtube you have to look under "Beijing 2008 Victory Ceremony Music", then the secong video. =)

[Lorelai271]

What is the music started at 4:53 please?

[PureCore]

Son hermozas ^^,

Claro mi favorita siempre será Anya

[MrKassiRg]

5:10 the besttttt momennttttt...:DDD

[buntonboy]

even i could say just by my admiration that Almudena Cid deserved a special recognition by the FIG or the IOC at the medal ceremony for her achievements and long career... the only RG who sold and makes gymnastics without winning a medal =)

[buntonboy]

I like the podium the way it is... but i recognized that if Bessonova clubs and hoop routines weren't underscored as it were she should won the silver, i think she deserved something like 18 or 18.200 in both perfomances... Zhukova score for hoop down compared to the qualification... and everybody who loves Bessonova with blind eyes please understand... it's more than just tecnique... artistry and connect with people what makes a champion...

[EkanaevaAbessoIrinaR]

ay he visto este video mil veces y siempre que kanaeva canta su himno con lagrimas en sus ojitos me dan ganas de llorar ahora reconozco que ella se merecia ese oro y muchos mas suerte y exito zhenya tkm!

[iTzMeRocKI]

bessanova is the best

[Aisidora110]

Anna deserved gold Evgenia is young she have a time maybe in the 2010 Olympics.Inna was pretty but i think Bessonovaa deserved tha gold.

[gimnastaritmico]

bessonova you are the winner in ours hearts you win and nobody can change it

[aleRG94]

la zhukova nn si meritava il 2 posto..ma sprattutto nn si meritava di stare 1 gradino + alto della bessonova..che è stata penalizzata ingiustamente fino all'ultimo esercizio..mi disp tanto..ANNA THE BEST!!

[laUritmicalove3]

I think in this Olympics Kanaeva was the best.

Sorry but is the truth.

[aleRG94]

sisi...anche io penso che la kanaeva sia stata la migliore...ma quello che non ho trovato giusto è il fatto che la zhukova sia salita un gradino + alto della bessonova...

[dancerlaurac]

Yea Kanaeva was the best :D

[leonradosnob1989]

@laUritmicalove3 you kidding, are you blind! sucker!

[brainlessRG]

why Zhukova kissed only bessonova ?:S

[TatainaRG]

because you kiss the person who just stepped on the pedestal.... she kissed evgenia when evgenia came around to her

[moosegirl69]

Evgenia totally deserved her gold medal and that goes for the other two medalists too. People should start realizing that difficulty does matter! It's not just artistry anymore, like come on this is the 21st century. Dont be stuck in the '80s. You get what you deserve for that day and go on to the next competion with a clean slate. I'm afraid Anna just wasnt her best that day. Nevertheless, Evegnia is amazing and people are saying she's too young! Who the hell cares. Age is but a number!

[gimnastaritmico]

in my opinion the routines of kanaeva are wonderful but nothing and nobody can have the elegance of bessonova

[bibbybab]

im happy for kanaeva

[laUritmicalove3]

I'm happy for Kanaeva too.

I'm happy for Zhukova.

I'm happy for Kapranova

[TatainaRG]

and why arent you happy for bessonova?

[laUritmicalove3]

Because she deserved silver.

But yes, I'm Happy for her because finally she achieved 3rd!!

[takharov]

For once the judging was very fair in a competition of a very high standard, Bessonova could have claimed the silver .

The sport is itself aesthetically pleasing if you like ballet for instance.

And from a Western point of view Slavic women particularly Russian and Czech women are on average , the most beautiful in the world.

[Anna7alexia]

i totally agree about kapranova that fourth place is good for her presentation.

kanaeva was perfection !!

[laUritmicalove3]

Yes!

[appropriate5566]

i want to know is she beautiful in westerner's eyes.

[appropriate5566]

kanaeva is beautiful in eastern's eyes.and

[rakc7899]

Even Soviet Union is still standing ,Russia would have won the three medal

[appropriate5566]

we cant deny that bessonova makes more mistake on hoop.but she is still worderful ,right?...i feel sorry for kapranova too.she made big mistakes in club.actually she is good .

[laUritmicalove3]

kapranova deserved 4 place!! she is a disaster!

[rakc7899]

I totaly agree, she is a disaster, Kapranova didn't deserve to be in OG to start with

[HARF1000]

Pobre Inna, todos pidiendo autografos a los demas y a ella nada.

En mi opinion Bessonova debio de quedar de 2 pero bueno

[fatalbeauty]

Also, my favorite rutin of all time are:

1: the black ball Kostina routin (1989-1990)

2: the Bessonova spanish ribbon of 1999

3: the Petrova 1994 ball!

[Anyen93]

My favourite routines are:

Alexandrova's ball an hoop 1999 - 2000

Kabaeva's all routines before 2000

Risenson's hoop and clubs 2008

And I also love bulgarian choreografies, one of my favourite is Miteva's clubs 2008, and all Siderova's routines. I love Bulgarian girls because they are very clean (ussually) and they do interesting throws and catches.

[KapranovaFan]

Poor Kapra:(

[laUritmicalove3]

sorry...but kapranova is a really disaster!!!

I hate her!!! she stole zhukova's medals in EC and WC!!! Zhukova is better than kapranova!! Kapranova didn't deserved a medal in this OG and in the rest of competitions...the same!!

When she failed in Beijing and I saw her out of the podio I was the happiest person in this world!!Ohhh how I hate this woman doing rhythmic!!

[catherinedaro]

Kanaeva is way too young...Bessonova should have won the gold because she had an excellent year...The judges owed her...But unfortunatelly she was too nervous and stopped herself from showing what she truly deserved!As for Zhukova,I don't like her.She has no expression at all,but it's true that she was the calmest and that's what gave her the medal.Kanaeva was very calm too.But I think that ANNA WILL ALWAYS WIN THE GOLD MEDAL IN THE PEOPLE'S HEARTS!!!!!

[catherinedaro]

Oh!And Anya's clubs were simply excellent!It was such an injustice her score!!!!!!I was crying when I saw the score!It's so obvious they didn't want her to win and the saddest thing is that she made their work much easier...But it doesn't matter cause we all know what Anya really deserves...

[fatalbeauty]

I don't know... Kanaeva? Bessonova? it's true that Kanaeva perform better this day, on the difficulties point of view... But the routine of Anna are way way more creative and original... Also she's one of the only who care of the music, and connect with it... here rope is a masterpiece, her hoope too!

The only thing that is sure, is that Zhukova, with her mechanical forced style had nothing to do ahead of Anna...!

[Anyen93]

I think Irina Risenson and Simona Peycheva connect with music.

And Zhukova was ahead of Anya because of the very bad code of points... There's so low points for choreografy, expression etc. Hope next four years it will be better!

[fatalbeauty]

your right! the code is the problem!

I always prefer to watch ancient video from 1986 to 2000! And my favorites gymnast are Lobatch, Lipovskaia, Kostina, Lukianenko,Gontar, Dunavska, Panova, Timoshenko, Petrova... and so on!

I agree with you for Peycheva, but for Risenson... I don't know, imo she have nothing special which can catch my interest...

[diaamd]

Thanks for uploading this.

[npelhamrg]

thanks for uploading this! in my opinion evgenia deserved gold because artistry aside, she made the least mistakes. yes, in the way of emotion, beauty and grace anna should have won, but in the end that is not all they are judged on. i do believe anna was underscored and probably should have got the silver though

[oinasonarmas]

okei , I haven't said that evgenia isn't a good gymnast but just I like Anna more , and whatever , i don't care , because you don't understand !

[npelhamrg]

anna is my favourite gymnast too and alot of the time i do wish the judging was all about their beauty, grace and emotion and like most people i would have loved to see her there on that podium with the gold medal, but on THAT day evgenia was the best.

[oinasonarmas]

Anya should got at least silver , :/

[Anyen93]

Let's talk about Kapranova. I think her hoop routine was excellent. Rope was very good too.Oh ribbon,her biggest problem... but in Beijing she didn't execute it bad, so her score was deserved. And Clubs - a disaster!!!!!!

Don't know why, she cannot be nervous, because of Bessonova's mistakes and she got for her clubs routine more than 18.500 somewhere. I think she can be really sad of it. I think she deserved her forth place.

[gymnasticfan]

And Bessonova... Yes, I wanted her to win, but I cannot say she should have got the gold, because she made mistakes, and sometimes, her difficulty was not high enough.

I think she truly is someone, who performs for the audience, and that's why we all love her. But in the current scoring system, this means nothing, no bonus or anything.

Also, I think that she was SO MUCH better in Patras.

Still I think that getting silver would have been better.

[Anyen93]

I think Anya should be bronze for her mistakes.

[gymnasticfan]

I am not a realy RG scoring expert, but I know about the mistakes, difficulty, artistry and stuff enough to form an opinion.

I think that Kanaeva was the best here. Period. I am not her fan, but she had the most difficult exercises and executed them well, without mistakes. OK, they were not as mature as Bessonova's that's sure

Zhukova... I have to admit, I don't even remember a single exercise of hers.She must be an amazing gymnast, but I find her very boring.I think she should have been 3rd

[Anyen93]

I absolutely agree. Zhukova made good difficulity movements, I think better than Anya. But I don't like watching her routines, because she has got no expression (but nice choreografy)...

[Anoollka]

thanks for sending me it

I think Zhenya was overscored, the same as Kapra and Inna and Anna was underscored.

In my opinion, Anna should got the gold, Zhenya the silver or gold with Anya and Inna silver.

I don't like much Kapra's style, but I feel really sorry for her that she did the mistakes in her first OG. And, unfortunately, Anya did also mistake ;(((

[camilladealba]

its because EVGENIA KANAEVA has this extreme flexibility.I think thats where her scores came.

If bessonova performs w/o mistakes, she'll take the silver.

[oinasonarmas]

I understand , just I am a huge fan of Bessonova , and I think she is the best!

but why you don't understand evgenia is overscored !!!! , she was too young to take a gold medal!!!!

[gymnasticfan]

Too young to take gold??? What kind of argument is that?!?!

[oinasonarmas]

no I'am sorry i wanted to say that Anna Should get gold because she is going retire , but evgenia kanaeva has time !

[gymnasticfan]

O.O Come on! This is sport, not politics! At least it shouldn't be!!! Yo should get what you deserve for YOUR PERFORMANCE!!!! Gosh, we are talking about injustice and such, and you would give someone a medal, just because she is going to retire?!?!

Make a foundation, give her a special award or something, but Olympics is about performance.

[oinasonarmas]

oh whatever I don't Want to argue with you ! I Think that RG is not JUST difficulty oh yeah for judges it is but for public it's not .But difficulty doesn't make something more enjoyable . Emotions and that kind of stuff makes the performance lovely , :) so I think Anya is the best ! but please don't be mad , it is just my opinion :) I am sorry for my english .

[laUritmicalove3]

Without doubt Evgenia was the best! She isn't my favourite but everyone should admit it! She did routines with a perfect and amazing technical,difficulty,artistry and expresion! And why should Anna get the gold because she is going to retire? It isn't a reason! She did some mistakes, but it's true that she was underscored and Evgenia was overscored. Only Inna received her marks like she deserved! Evgenia must win but not with so high difference!

I hope your opinion!

[oinasonarmas]

I just told my opinion , and you can't change my opinion.!!!!

[Anyen93]

SOrry, I don't want to argue with you,I just told my opinion

[oinasonarmas]

well ,i think Bessonova should be first ,Kana eva is and was overscored so I think it would be fair if Kanaeva's routines are 18.000 or something like that ,not almost 19.000 , I like Kapranova she would be bronze , but she made many mistakes so she deserved the 4th.

I thinks it should be like that :

1 Bessonova

2 Kanaeva

3zhukova

I am sorry for my english.

[Anyen93]

I must disagree!!!I think that Zhenya overscored, but I think she should get 18.500,and she deserved gold and Anya silver

[Splitleap]

Well i think that anna really deserved the silver medal if it wasnt because of the unfair judging on her clubs routine but well congrats to zhenya and zhukova:)

[MinnieLittleStar]

Zhukova was very good, but Bessonova deserved the silver! Anna would have won the 2nd place if she didn't take a low score in her clubs routine... Poor Anna... :(

[KseniyaUkr]

Anya deserved gold. GOLD FOR ANNA!!!!!! Only gold....

[Anyen93]

I can't agree. She made soooo much mistakes, some of her difficulities are very easy. I like her for her expression and choreografies, but Zhenya was much better.

[KseniyaUkr]

Open RG rules and count her difficulty. And match with judges score. Only after this I'll speak with you.

[Anyen93]

Why do you want to argue with me???

My answer is too long to write it here, so I'll send you message, so if someone wants my answer too, write!

[nechta86]

@Anyen93 Please, send this message to me too. I think that Kanaeva was so much better than Bessonova, but i don't know too much about rules in RG.

[flexybabe1993]

@Anyen93 i want your answer too please:D because i agrre with you!!

[nechta86]

@KseniyaUkr I count difficulty of Bessonova vs. Kanaeva. Look at the clubs at least. Bessonova's difficulty: 8.1 while Kanaeva's difficulty: 9.4. What can you say now?

[nechta86]

ok, 8.8 in final clubs Bessonova had. But still it's just too low difficulty in comparison to Kanaeva's 9.4.

[leonradosnob1989]

@Anyen93 are you blind, AAnya is the best gimnast ever, but like always russia gymnastics come advantage, Anya is GOLD!

[sonya1729]

@leonradosnob1989

nothing of the kind) Zhenya is the best and it is proved)))!!!

[onlyRG]

About Peycheva, I'm so sorry, she's great!I don't know what happend. She's usually very clean, all those knots and drops...poor thing. however, I loved her performances, she's a very expressive gymnast.

The vey scandal was the groups podium. China on the podium?!?! China is a 8th-9th group level, were the judges drunk? However, I've already talked too much about this, so I'm just saying that seeing Italy out of the podium is unacceptable. My golden medal is for Belrus, though. Bye

OnlyRG

[Anyen93]

I think Peycheva is much better than Almu

[laUritmicalove3]

yes she is better.but in Games Albu was better!

[laUritmicalove3]

I'm agree with you!! Belarus gold! Silver russia and bronze Italy! China didn't deserved stay in the podio even in THE FINAL!! IN THE FINAL!! The judges drunk and smoked...and

I'm so sorry for Spain!! if they had not failed they had achieves a good clasification!! They are better than cHina!!

[onlyRG]

For Garayeva and Youssupova, nothing to say, not such an interesting performance but still quite good elements and clean execution(a part from some little mistakes made by Garayeva). Cid....just amazing. She was so emotional, so expressive, I cried when I first saw her ribbon routine in the qualif...a perfect 10 to Almu.(even if the "age of the perfect 10s" is over). Risenzon was quite good in the qualif, but very messy in the final.

[Anyen93]

I'm sad about Risenson..I love her, she is my favourite gymnast - because her expression is the best!!! What a shame she was messy....Probably she was very nervous

[onlyRG]

*got what she has always deserved. Kapranova 4th, well...this might be a joke (and a very bad joke). Her clubs exercise would have deserved nothing more than 15.000, with all those drops and mistakes. In ribbon she strangely didn't drop the apparatus, but I don't get how her difficulties can be counted when the ribbon is stopped for half of the time, and the end of the ribbon is so often touching the carpet.

[onlyRG]

Nice Podium! My impressions about these OGs:

I would have loved to see Bessonova with a Golden medal, but unfortunately this wasn't her best competition, she made several mistakes with hoop and rope. However, it's still disgusting to see Kapranova hoop taking a 18.500 and Bessonova clubs just 17.850.

Kanaeva maybe was a bit overscored, but she completely deserved the gold. I'm happy about Zhukova's silver, she's a great gymnast but she was always out of the podium, so she finally*

[cindyirene2001]

Lovely ceremony :) 3 great gymnasts on the stands!

[akeginuyue]

graciaz por el video ^^

la verdad aunke kanaeva halla sido notablemente superior a varias gimnastas me hubiera gustado k anna se llevara el oro,

pk eugenia tiene toda una carrera por delante y puss no sabemos si anna continue o no!

habria sido lindo ver a anna en el 1º lugar!!

[alofay]

love anna's face at 2:12

[tchachinafan]

OMG thank you soooooooo much for uploading this video I´ve been looking for this ceremony for ages!!!

the best podium ever, I loved it.

I was kind of sad for Bessonova but Evgenia was too good that day.

go Zhenya and Anna and Inna!!!

[ww451]

Jooo ,,.. que pena que anna bessonova no ganase. pero es sierto y claro que Kanaeva es la mejor , es tan elegante.. y hizo una buena competecion , Inna Zhukova por fin fue reconosida y me alegre muchooo cuando recibio la plata se lo mereciaa!!!

[rekontratati]

el rostro de anna bessomova solo demostraba su decepcion por no haber ganado, me dio penita cuando lo vi ella debio llevarse el oro fue un injusticia obviamente ganaria eugenia kanaeva si irina viner la juez principal es su entrenadora ...

[tchachinafan]

que mal estas, para empezar Bessonova NO se merecia el oro, NO hubo injusticia alguna(y creeme que adoro a Anna pero esta vez no se merecia ganar)tuvo bastantes errores, aunque debo de decir que en mi opinion Anna se merecia la plata y no el bronze

y Viner NO es la entrenadora de Evgenia la entrenadore de Evgenia desde hace mucho tiempo es Vera Sthelabaums. Yo se ke a muchos nos duele que Anna no haya podido ganarse el oro, pero no hy duda de que la ganadora fue Evgenia esa noche gano la mejor

[rekontratati]

si irina viner no es su entrenadora pero la patrocina y obviamente ganaria ella, solo busca mas informacion eugenia kaneva es un chica vinner al igual que lo fue alina kabaeva

[tchachinafan]

ahi si estoy de acuerdo contigo....Viner en el panel de jueces.. ¿¿como carajos??....pero bueno, Viner ha hecho de las suyas miles de veces y nunca parará, desafortunadamente :(.

a que te refieres con lo de "les quitaron las medallas" y "a esas se les llama deportistas"??....(a lo del doping??)

[rekontratati]

obviamente no hay peor verguenza para un deportista que habiendo ganado una competencia luego te quiten la medalla o bien por que diste positivo en doping o por que hiciste trampa..

[tchachinafan]

Tchachina nunca hizo trampa...jamás, y Kabaeva en sí tampoco, no es su culpa todo lo que Viner hizo para que ella ganaráy hace.

pregúntales si están avergonzadas por lo del doping....no lo creo porque para empezar eran inocentes.

[rekontratati]

ademas poner a irina viner como jueza fue el colmo , como pudieron hacer eso .. si ella misma hizo trampa en un campeonato y hasta a quienes entreno (kabaeva y tchachina) les quitaron las medallas .. que verguenza y a esas se les llama deportistas .. por favor

[tchachinafan]

Viner tampoco entreno a Tchachina, no necesito buscar informacion de nada, tengo los conocimeintos necesarios....Tchachina era mas chica Viner que Kanaeva...mucho más....comparar a Alina y a Eugenia en cuanto a su relacion con Viner se refiere es ridículo, y nada de que "obviamente" Evgenia ganaria porque Viner la patrocina..Evegenia ganó porque es la mejor

[laUritmicalove3]

Estoy de acuerdo contigo.Kanaeva merecio ganar. Pero con TANTISIMA diferencia en las puntuaciones!! Hubo mcha diferencia entre Kanaeva Y Zhukova-Bessonova. Y creo que en eso si ke tene ke ver la Viner. Es la SELECCIONADORA RUSA!! no la deberian dejar puntuar y menos en unas olimpidas. Kanaeva es sobrevalorada al igual que Bessonova recibe puntuajes muy bajos. La unica gimnasta puntuada correctamente fue zhukova, qe a pesar de ke sea mi favorita reconozco ke merecio el bronce en lugar de la plata

[tchachinafan]

Si la diferencia de los puntajes fue enooooorme.....los puntajes de Kanaeva fueron bastante inflados(y si tuvo que ver Viner), pero aún asi, le guste a kien le guste, Kanaeva se merecia ganar, a la que si se fregaron bonito fue a Bessonova...yo no soy experta en el sistema de jueceo pero el puntaje ke le dieron por las clavas fue un crimen!!... tenia el presentimiento de ke Kapranova se iba a llevar el bronze, viste la cara de Anna cuando esperaba su untaje de liston?? nunca se me va a olvidar

[laUritmicalove3]

Si..Pobre Bessonova...su cara durante el himno ruso lo dice todo No se puede hacer llorar a una MEDALLISTA OLIMPICA DE PENA Y RABIA! es vergonzoso..Cuando recibio su puntuacion de mazas abandoba el banco de notas con lagrimas en los ojos..y en ese momento se vio el dinero de por medio(cuando la fderacion ukraniana reclamo la nota de Anna)..de verdad k imagen tan decepcionante de la gimnasia y tiene ke pasar esto en unas olimpiadas...algo ke me parece estupendo para que TODO el mundo lo vea.

[tchachinafan]

imaginate la impotencia que sintió!,yo estaba hirviendo del coraje al ver sus calificaciones y dejame decirte que la que como simpre se robo los corazones fue Anna, muchos de mis amigos de la universidad lo único que recuerdan de los olimpicos(ademas de los mexicanos ganando, calro está) es a Bessonova y aunque no saben nada de gimnasia se kejaban conmigo de las puntuaciones tan bajas que recibia. Anna es una reina y sin duda la figura más emblemática de la gimnasia rítmica

[rekontratati]

en eso si estoy de de acuerdo contigo ANNA es una reina , a mi me dio muchisima pena cuando dieron su calificacion en clavas, yo no tegno nada en contra de kanaeva es mas me encanta pero en mi opinion y todos mis amigos que vimos las olimpiadas e igual que a los tuyos les encanto bessonova a pesar que no sabian nada de ella se quedaron admirados de la gracia que tiene.. anna debio ganar pero ya fue pues ya nunca mas participara por lo que he oido se retira dela gimnasia

[laUritmicalove3]

por otro lado...si Kanaeva gano y bien merecido. Kada vez me gusta mas sta xika...es un encanto y cuando rompio a llorar despes de su ejercicio de cinta yo llore con ella...ha kedado reflejado en su cara el duro esfuerzo y los grandes sacrificios que ha hexo para llegar hasta aki y convertirse ne campeona olimpica. a verdad ke me alegro mxo por ella!!

[tchachinafan]

yo tambien lloré con ella y a mi tambien cada vez me gusta más y más :), Kaneva es maravillosa, más que nada creo que me enamore de su gimasia porque cada vez que la veía competir me acordaba de mi Irina Tchachina pero ahora ya la veo como una gmnasta diferente, ella va a ser la que lleve el estandarte de la gimnasia rítmica, se va a convertir en la figura de este deporte(despues de que Bess de retire:p) y lo va a hacer muy bien, sólo espero que la humildad que tiene ahora no se le valla.

[angelahoho]

i am so happy for inna, finally, finally, she gets back what owes her.

[tavicurasao]

ops, ya me lo catched =) Gracias

[tavicurasao]

Hey, Gracias por cargar este video, Anya la mejor¡¡¡¡

[elculeado1]

KE KEEEEE... HAAAAAAA Anna Bessonoa es la numero 1 ella mericia el oro y nada mas. "Anya Bessonova Forever the best"

[laUritmicalove3]

Thanks fot upload this video!! I'e searched for it a lot o time!! Since August!