Ludmilla Prince - 1993 Worlds EF - Balance Beam

[huff222]

I've seen a video of her training, in her gym back home.. I think she was training for these worlds.. same routine..

[tide32athlete]

It's a shame she didn't nail this routine a little better. Would love to have seen this routine win over Milo's cookie cutter routine.

[solferrer1]

@tide32athlete That proves the wisdom of Romania's programme, they always fix routines that the girls nail (at least in those days). And they go back home packed with medals...

[MTVMANN]

Minus the dismount, this was really good form and skill wise!

[jamesbug2002]

I thought the Chinese started the Back Hand Spring Step Out Back Hand Spring Lay Out series...

[ferency98]

Speaking of Latvia, I know that Natalia Laschenova retired in 1991, I think, due to numerous injuries, but after the Soviet breakup, she could have competed for Latvia, because I'm sure she would have been the star on the Latvian team.

[LCAmarkymark]

@ferency98 not really...she wanted to compete at the 1992 olympics but the Unified Team didn't consist of the Baltic States due to paperwork not completed by the governments. So She and another gymnast couldn't compete for the unified team...otherwise Laschenova would have been a lock due to her favoritism among the judges. Latvia was not present at the 92 games. Then she retired in 1992.

[pappysprite]

WOW! I was impressed too. I had never eardf of her before, but this routine was awesome. Maybe she suffered some injuries and disappeared from the competitive scene?

[bbhouk1]

@pappysprite

i looked her up, she actually competed for Latvia in the 1996 Olympics

[pappysprite]

@bbhouk1 Thanks for sharing - Merry Christmas!

[bbhouk1]

@pappysprite

Feliz Navidad!

[tedsler]

Now THAT is a layout on beam.

Bloody h**l she could work the beam this young lady WOW!

Did she ever compete anywhere else or did she just disappear after this? Never heard of her before or after this competition.

Thanks for posting

[No1ZmeskalFan]

she competed for USSR in the 90's...some vids are on here of her at Soviet Nationals. its a shame we lost Laschenova due to the breakup, but this girl stuck around a bit...

[kras118]

thanks for posting this.. never seen her before!!  awesome

[ferency98]

Maybe it's something in the Latvian water they drink, as Natalia Laschenova (Latvia/USSR) also had amazing laid-out sommies on beam. By the way, if Lavinia Milosovici earned a Gold medal for her beam, then Ludmilla Prince should have won Silver over Dawes and Gogean. Ludmilla had the classic Soviet style, originality, form, and she didn't wobble nearly ten times in her routine like Lavinia Milosovic did.

[porky7369]

@ferency98 I agree. This routine is far superior. The only obvious fault I saw was the break on her layout - layout series and even then she didn't break at the hips.

[SweetYDarLing94]

Great exercise ! I really like it , especially the backhandsprings :)

[QueenieQue]

I hate the camera angle here. You can't see her leaps.

She was great, though!

[sabby97]

wow

[HereWasRachel]

gosh, that was brilliant!

[SahTrew]

WOW! Amazing two footed layout!!!

[mrparke007]

Incredible extension. I like the full pirhouette in handstand to a one-arm hs. Excellent.

[sacherie]

wooow the first sommerault was incredible!!