Nastia Liukin - Balance Beam - 2009 Visa Championships - Women - Day 1

[proudpotterfan]

her leaps are not up to standard

[markoth97]

First of all,her score was not low,because

1. She didn't do her switch ring which is an E element,i think Switch leap only is like..B or a C element..so she lost like 2 tenths on that

2.Her dismount is a double twist,its marked as a C element,so she gets only 0.4 for that,and also,the requirement is that you have to do at least a D valued dismount..so she lost 0.5 there..

I dont think she will go to london to compete bc she said she already has what she wanted all her life..soo..you know..

[camjay8]

She will not return to gymnastics. She has what she wants. She is just gonna say "I am thinkin about it" until it is a month away from Olympic Quals. She doesn't wanna break her fan's hearts and I respect her for that.

[Irishpeacegirl]

@camjay8 She announced her return

[LanaandSam]

She did alot in that routine that was in beijing so she still can do most of her skills, i only saw a few skills twicked abit e.g. the wolf jump without the full turn other than that she's till potentially the best in the world & if she got back her strength she could compete in the olympics again.

[cheerleaduhh]

Now that she gained weight she cant do any of the stuff she used to be able to do before...

[chinghxd]

wow only in the 14's?? really? still...pretty impressive to still be in the 2009 Visa's after taking a break for so long.

[bamagym]

how does Caquatto score higher than this with a fall?

[Azngirlio]

wow she looks so much better after gaining a litle weight

[shmabsx3]

i dont know how she does that with her hair blocking her face.

[TheHoliday555]

@Jayemmz do you think she can make the Olympic team for 2012? :)

[ShawnVikaKomova2012]

@TheHoliday555 No.

[co123445666]

whos music was in the background? the end of it sounded like alicia sacramones :)

[ElizabethC1988]

I love that nod she does at the beginning of her routine.

[showjumperluvr4]

i do love this routine, but id like to see her do a different dismount than twists, i feel like thats all she does :)

[aaligymnast095]

@showjumperluvr4 its because its what shes good at.

[clover13x]

does anyone know why she was soooo tiny for the olympics, she looks for like a gymnast here dont you think? it looks like she's more bilt, it confuses me

[mynumberisyouwish]

@clover13x its because all gymnasts train so much that they can't get fat, well ofcourse it could be but not that much, and now she has quited for a few months after the olymics,so she got a bit rounder,and cmon, she still looks gorgeous ;) and remember, shes 20 ! 

[benrobinson77]

i forgot what happened when the second bell rings. does it mean she did, indeed go over time?

[EIZvideos]

aww that wasnt her best.... you can tell she was either really nervous or just not focused. She is an amazing gymnast and this was kind of bad FOR HER.

.... Maybe she would of done better if they don't do the floor routines during the other routines cus the music is SO distracting!

[lordofwrath88]

Imagine if she was NCAA elligable and declared intent? There'd be a massive recruiting war from Bama, Georgia, UCLA, OU, Florida, Utah to have Liukin join their team.

[Mehrunissah93]

That's a pretty color on her. I think she has a great figure compared to the thicker, wide gymnasts.

[julianamliu]

Funny how she put in the ariel cartwheel instead of the liukin

[itstheapocalypse]

I find it odd that Nastia performed her Liukin skill at the Cover Girl Classic, but not at Nationals.

[willsbob123]

It wasn't worth anything :/

[DemiLovatoRox54]

she looks so different man! i didn't notice her at first lol. what's the luikin? does every olympic winner have a move after them?

[javajunkie6]

To anybody who wants to know: The "liukin" is a front pike to scale. Front pike is when you do a front flip, except you keep your legs straight for most of it.

It's a skill that many gymnasts started doing around that period, at least some type of salto to a scale (Nistor, Semenova, etc.).

You get a skill named after you if you preform a new skill that's never been done before in the worlds or olympics, and I think some world cup events.

[iluvvmusic101]

what was that little bell for?

[Floatie114]

It means they have 10 seconds left to end their beam routine or suffer a deduction for overtime.

[kittycatsrule86]

aww i miss the old nastia but she is still elegant

[scatteam2]

wow this quality is perfect

[jelleroxy]

she looks like she's crying at end. dissapointed in herself, no doubt.

[brianmulligan]

Too bad she pulled out of contention for the worlds, I would have loved to see her earn the most medals in world competition. She's the best the USA has ever had, and deserves that recognition! Hopefully her career is not over! :)

[GymnasticDancer]

Isn't she going to Worlds?? I totally thought she earned a spot on the World team! :( I was really looking forward to watching her in October... :( But hopefully she continues onto London 2012 like she says she hopes to!!!

[RagingBearVideos]

Did she pull our or just not get picked? I also heard from someone that Samantha Peszek pulled out too.

[nikirififo]

*had

[natalienat518]

@brianmulligan yep, i agree with you, and the only thing she lacks of is an world all around gold medal, where she just loses to chellsie memmel in 0.001 margin.

[EmoryPaige5]

@brianmulligan i kno me too

[BravesGurl1983]

where's the Liukin? she didn't do that move on either day of competition. I loved it!

[aly47]

They replaced it with the side aerial bc it's worth more in the code of points, I believe.

[melaygrovecourt]

hi bravesfurl1983. I've become a fan of gymnastics only since last year at the olympics. So I'm really not that familiar with the techniques or style in gymnastics. Do you mind to tell me what's the" liukin"?

[MisanthropistPro]

I wonder if she can even hear the floor music.

[astill68]

Go Nastia!!

[v6n3s5a]

who won the all around?

[gymnastsal]

Bridget

[TilaTequila82]

Wow i did not know that on womans floor exercise is now a requirement to stick the landings like in mens floor and if they do end in a pose with foot back they get deducted!! can someone tell me how many tenths they deduct?? thanks

[turckhater]

I believe it depends on the size of the step. -0.1 for a small step, up to -0.3 for a larger lunge.

[kittycatsrule86]

Wow she's now doing a plain aerial on the beam that kinda surprised me I guess I wouldn't think she would do that lol I love her dismount though

[gymshiv2]

i know this is a little irelevant, but does no -one think that Ivana new beam routine since she's moveed to woga looks uncannily (sp?) like nastia's rouitne?

hmmmm....

[blackmoon2188]

i am in love with that leotard.

[cheezysneezy]

beautiful as always. she'll be even better in London! go Nastia!!!