Alina Kabaeva Ball EF Corbeil-Essonnes Grand Prix 2003

[Aupirit]

omg that's horrible..

not a single element is performed correctly! unfinished, out of balance dirty, clumsy! and the music!!!!!!!! what kind of choice is that? this routine is SO wrong is painful to watch! one of the worse routine of her EVER.. even without drops.

[RGirl3]

OMG...How could she get a silver medal with this? Only nice thing on this messed up routine is the music. Some of you are going to hate me for saying this, but since Alina put on weight she was getting worse and worse....I don't wanna repeat that judging is not fair in our sport, but some things are just too obvious....

[buffy66632]

alina kabaeva es la mejor

[paulinhatrinta]

She wasn't ok that day

[Peaceplatform]

This is one of Alina's most ugly performances, and that's saying something.

Her line is all over the shop and the handling of the apparatus is sub-standard and sloppy with just about every element. Of course, she still scored well.

[tashajeffrey768]

@Peaceplatform well, it wasn't that bad, but i have to admit that this wasn't her strong point.

[Peaceplatform]

No, I stand by my evaluation. This routine is horrendously performed both in terms of body and apparatus handling, and of course, she still got a relatively high score.

A good example of the judging problems which continue to undermine our sport.

[alic3na]

overscored!

[rhythmicgymnast11]

isnt this like a russian song. its like bout a guy who would give his soul to a devil just to have one night with this lady... something like that :)

[masha5maria1965]

the song is actually french but was translated to russian!!

[ordarel]

what is the name of the song?

beautiful!!!

[artistyle]

ce n'est plus de la grande kabaeva :-s

[chickinnessa]

Ты знаешь название песни? Я уже долго пыталась её найти.

Do you know the name of the song? (just in case you don't know Russian)

[MinnieLittleStar]

No, I don't =(

[evangelinemeister]

"Belle" from the French musical "Notre Dame de Paris."

[/watch?v=aBXeXBpTVOk <= the translation doesn't do the song justice.]

Great musical, beautiful music - highly recommend. If you get the chance, learn French to understand the musical in its original language.

[premiumdoggy]

this song is from a french musical : Notre Dame de Paris. The song's title is Belle.

[larosedu76]

@chickinnessa it's the theme musical from notre dame de Paris the name is "Belle" but here, with no singers on the track ;)