Bi Wenjing - 1996 Olympics Team Optionals - Balance Beam

[caillinnumberonefan]

THAT DISMOUNT! HOLY MOLY!

[MTVMANN]

WOW! This girl really was Mo Huilan's "Mini-Me(or Mini-Mo)"...and THEN some!!!

[andro669]

I can't believe she only scored a 9.650

[QueenieQue]

@andro669 It was a beautiful routine but she had two sizeable wobbles and a step on the dismount. The highest scores of the Games were only in the 9.86/.87 range, so a 9.65 is about right for this routine.

[boytoyville]

Awesome dismount,

[maxy7792]

are you kidding me that was her rutine it was not difficult at all i expected more out of her

[fruityliciousrhubarb]

Well she really was more of a bars specialist. Mo Huilan/Liu Xuan/Kui Yuanyuan/Qiao Ya/Mao Yanling were the real BB stars on that team.

Besides she included several blind leaps/jumps, a huge layout somersault, and beautiful choreography in her routine. What more can you ask for from that COP?

[TheHorseyGymnast]

wats a cop?

[fruityliciousrhubarb]

Code of points

[AnnaPavlovaFan]

The double stag leap, the RO-layout (HUGE), the Omelianchik and the double-twisting front dismount are big time gymnastics, let alone some of the most difficult skills performed in Atlanta. And she wasn't even a beam specialist!

[prismsmiles]

Such brilliant chreography and the difficulty level was incredible. It is too bad the chinese at that time had such problems as inconsistency - but they were world class.

[glibster]

@prismsmiles Agreed. The 1996 Olympic gymn team for China is one of my favorite Chinese gymn teams ever. Not only did they have incredible difficulty and gorgeous execution, but also their creativity was outstanding.

[lucascampelovianna]

It was a double

[anonymous3534]

was that a front full or a double full?

[saltlakecity2002]

Double.

[fruityliciousrhubarb]

That was a stunning routine. It was such a shame that none of the Chinese gymnasts made the beam final that year.

[matthewxcountry]

i think a double full

[kras118]

yeah, that's crazy to think about!